Where does “қысқыш” come from?

қысқыш (Kazakh) comes from Proto-Turkic *kïsgač, from Proto-Turkic *kïs- — to squeeze.

қысқыш (Kazakh): pliers

Definitions

  1. pliers

Ancestry of “қысқыш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kïsgač—
2Proto-Turkic*kïs-to squeeze
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïs- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïsgač →