Where does “жанармай” come from?

жанармай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh жанар, from Kazakh ер, from Proto-Turkic ēder — saddle.

жанармай (Kazakh): fuel

Definitions

  1. fuel

Ancestry of “жанармай”, step by step

жанармай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh жанар

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжанарeyes
2Kazakhерman
3Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Kazakh май

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhмайbutter; oil
2Proto-Turkicbań—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēder →Every word from Kazakh ер →Every word from Kazakh жанар →