Where does “демир-үжүк” come from?

демир-үжүк (Tuvan) comes from Tuvan демир, from Proto-Turkic temür — iron.

демир-үжүк (Tuvan): pen

Definitions

  1. pen

Ancestry of “демир-үжүк”, step by step

демир-үжүк traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tuvan демир

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tuvanдемирiron
2Proto-Turkictemüriron

via Tuvan үжүк

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tuvanүжүкletter (of the alphabet)
Every word from Proto-Turkic temür →Every word from Tuvan демир →