Where does “жиырма алты” come from?

жиырма алты (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh алты, from Proto-Turkic altï — six.

жиырма алты (Kazakh): twenty-six

Definitions

  1. twenty-six

Ancestry of “жиырма алты”, step by step

жиырма алты traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh алты

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhалтыsix
2Proto-Turkicaltïsix

via Kazakh жиырма

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжиырмаtwenty
2Proto-Turkic*yẹgirmitwenty
Every word from Proto-Turkic altï →Every word from Kazakh алты →
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