Where does “қаражидек” come from?

қаражидек (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh қара, from Proto-Turkic kara — black.

қаражидек (Kazakh): blueberry, Vaccinium

Definitions

  1. blueberry, Vaccinium

Ancestry of “қаражидек”, step by step

қаражидек traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh қара

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқараblack
2Proto-Turkickarablack

via Kazakh жидек

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжидекberry
2Proto-Turkic*yidgejujube
Every word from Proto-Turkic kara →Every word from Kazakh қара →