Where does “күйші” come from?

күйші (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh күй, from Undetermined kög, from Middle Chinese 曲.

күйші (Kazakh): musician

Definitions

  1. musician

Ancestry of “күйші”, step by step

күйші traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh күй

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhкүйmelody
2Undeterminedkögmelody
3Middle Chinese

via Kazakh ші

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhші
Every word from Middle Chinese