Where does “таг” come from?

таг (Mansi) comes from Proto-Turkic tāg — mountain.

таг (Mansi): branch, twig

Definitions

  1. branch, twig

Ancestry of “таг”, step by step

таг traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic tāg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkictāgmountain

via Proto-Uralic šaŋka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch
Every word from Proto-Turkic tāg