Where does “ескекші” come from?

ескекші (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh ескек, from Common Turkic *eškek, from Proto-Turkic ēĺ- — to row.

ескекші (Kazakh): rower, oarsman

Definitions

  1. rower, oarsman

Ancestry of “ескекші”, step by step

ескекші traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ескек

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhескекgust
2Common Turkic*eškek
3Proto-Turkicēĺ-to row

via Kazakh ші

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhші
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēĺ-Every word from Common Turkic *eškekEvery word from Kazakh ескек
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