Where does “Atalay” come from?

Atalay (Turkish) comes from Turkish Ata, from Turkish ata, from Proto-Turkic ata — father; ancestor.

Atalay (Turkish): that means "keeper of the ancestors"

Definitions

  1. that means "keeper of the ancestors"

Ancestry of “Atalay”, step by step

Atalay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Ata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAtaancestor, forefather
2Turkishatafather; predecessor, forerunner; ancestor,...
3Proto-Turkicatafather; ancestor

via Turkish alay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishalayregiment
2Ottoman Turkishآلایregiment
3Ancient Greekἀλλάγιον—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ata →Every word from Turkish ata →Every word from Turkish Ata →
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