Where does “тигер” come from?

тигер (Southern Altai) comes from Proto-Turkic *tïk-.

тигер (Southern Altai): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “тигер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tïk-
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tïk-