Where does “Ыстанбул” come from?
Ыстанбул (Kyrgyz) comes from Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.
Ыстанбул (Kyrgyz) comes from Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.