Where does “костамгалы” come from?

костамгалы (Nogai) comes from Russian -кос, from Russian коси́ть, from Proto-Slavic kǫsiti — to mow, to reap.

Ancestry of “костамгалы”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-кос
2Russianкоси́тьto twist, to slant; to twist, to slant, to...
3Proto-Slavickǫsitito mow, to reap
Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫsitiEvery word from Russian коси́тьEvery word from Russian -кос