Where does “Ташкен” come from?

Ташкен (Kyrgyz) comes from Kyrgyz таш, from Proto-Turkic *tāĺ.

Ancestry of “Ташкен”, step by step

Ташкен traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kyrgyz таш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kyrgyzташstone
2Proto-Turkic*tāĺ—

via Kyrgyz кен

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kyrgyzкенdeposit
2Sogdian𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tāĺ →Every word from Kyrgyz таш →
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