Where does “kazahs” come from?

kazahs (Latvian) comes from Kazakh қазақ, from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

kazahs (Latvian): a Kazakh, a man from Kazakhstan or of Kazakh...

Definitions

  1. a Kazakh, a man from Kazakhstan or of Kazakh...

Ancestry of “kazahs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhқазақKazakh
2Persianـستان-istan, -estan, -stan
3Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
4Proto-Indo-IranianstáHnamthe act of standing; position, location, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂-no-m—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “kazahs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m →Every word from Middle Persian -stʾn' →