Where does “калмы́к” come from?

калмы́к (Russian) comes from Kalmyk хальмг, from Jurchen ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ, from Proto-Turkic kiāl-mak.

калмы́к (Russian): Kalmyk

Definitions

  1. Kalmyk

Ancestry of “калмы́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KalmykхальмгKalmyk
2Jurchenᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ—
3Proto-Turkickiāl-mak—

Words derived from “калмы́к”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kiāl-mak →Every word from Jurchen ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ →Every word from Kalmyk хальмг →