Where does “жиырма екі” come from?
жиырма екі (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh екі, from Proto-Turkic ẹk(k)i — two.
жиырма екі (Kazakh): twenty-two
Ancestry of “жиырма екі”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | екі | two |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | ẹk(k)i | two |