Where does “қысқарма” come from?

қысқарма (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh ма, from Proto-Turkic *-mi — interrogative particle.

қысқарма (Kazakh): abbreviation shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase

Definitions

  1. abbreviation shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase

Ancestry of “қысқарма”, step by step

қысқарма traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ма

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhмаForms yes-no questions
2Proto-Turkic*-miinterrogative particle

via Kazakh [[қысқару

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakh[[қысқару

via Kazakh қысқар(у)]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқысқар(у)]]
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-mi