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Where does “kış” come from?
kış (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیش, from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ.
kış
(Turkish): winter
Definitions
winter
Ancestry of “kış”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
قیش
winter
2
Proto-Turkic
*kïĺ
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Words derived from “kış”
kış uykusu
yazlı kışlı
kış uykusuna yatmak
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