Where does “ёлдаш” come from?

ёлдаш (Kumyk) comes from Tuvan даш, from Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ.

ёлдаш (Kumyk): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “ёлдаш”, step by step

ёлдаш traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tuvan даш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tuvanдашstone
2Proto-Turkic*tiāĺ—

via Kumyk ёл

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kumykёлroad, way
2Proto-Turkicyōlroad
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ →Every word from Tuvan даш →
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