Where does “Майлуу-Суу” come from?
Майлуу-Суу (Kyrgyz) comes from Kyrgyz майлуу, from Kyrgyz май, from Russian май, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ, from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr — mother.
Ancestry of “Майлуу-Суу”, step by step
Майлуу-Суу traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kyrgyz майлуу
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyz | майлуу | oily containing oil |
| 2 | Kyrgyz | май | butter; May |
| 3 | Russian | май | May; second-person singular imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 5 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |