Where does “дагестанский” come from?
дагестанский (Russian) comes from Russian Дагеста́н, from Ottoman Turkish داغستان, from Ottoman Turkish داغ, from Classical Persian داغ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰégʷʰeti — to burn, to be burning.
дагестанский (Russian): Dagestan; Dagestani
Ancestry of “дагестанский”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Дагеста́н | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | داغستان | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | داغ | mountain; sear, mark left by cauterization or... |
| 4 | Classical Persian | داغ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰégʷʰeti | to burn, to be burning |