Where does “ولس” come from?
ولس (Pashto) comes from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋, from Common Turkic uluš, from Proto-Turkic *üle-.
Ancestry of “ولس”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Mongolian | ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ | — |
| 2 | Common Turkic | uluš | country; city; country, city |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *üle- | — |