Where does “он жеті” come from?

он жеті (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh он, from Proto-Turkic ōn — ten.

он жеті (Kazakh): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “он жеті”, step by step

он жеті traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh он

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhонten
2Proto-Turkicōnten

via Kazakh жеті

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжетіseven
2Proto-Turkicyẹt(t)iseven
Every word from Proto-Turkic ōn →Every word from Kazakh он →