Where does “Қылышбай” come from?

Қылышбай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh бай, from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

Ancestry of “Қылышбай”, step by step

Қылышбай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh бай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбайrich, wealthy
2Chinese白white
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Kazakh қылыш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқылышsword
2Proto-Turkic*kïlï̄čsword
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk →Every word from Chinese 白 →Every word from Kazakh бай →