Where does “джиги́т” come from?

джиги́т (Russian) comes from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.

джиги́т (Russian): dzhigit (djigit, jigit) (a skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia)

Definitions

  1. dzhigit (djigit, jigit) (a skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia)

Ancestry of “джиги́т”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
2Proto-Turkic*yegit—

Words derived from “джиги́т”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →