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Where does “kış” come from?

kış (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیش, from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ.

kış (Turkish): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “kış”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیش—
2Proto-Turkic*kïĺ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ →