Where does “кыскаш” come from?

кыскаш (Northern Altai) comes from Proto-Turkic *kïsgač, from Proto-Turkic *kïs- — to squeeze.

кыскаш (Northern Altai): tongs

Definitions

  1. tongs

Ancestry of “кыскаш”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kïsgač—
2Proto-Turkic*kïs-to squeeze
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïs- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïsgač →