Where does “есалаң” come from?

есалаң (Kazakh) comes from Russian ЕС, from Proto-Turkic ēl — realm.

есалаң (Kazakh): mad, crazy, insane

Definitions

  1. mad, crazy, insane

Ancestry of “есалаң”, step by step

есалаң traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ЕС

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЕСEU
2Proto-Turkicēlrealm

via Kazakh алаң

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhалаңunrest, anxiety, uneasiness
2Proto-Turkicalaŋlevel ground, plain
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