Where does “tilshunos” come from?

tilshunos (Uzbek) comes from Uzbek til, from Chagatai تیل, from Proto-Turkic til — tongue; cut.

tilshunos (Uzbek): linguist

Definitions

  1. linguist

Ancestry of “tilshunos”, step by step

tilshunos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uzbek til

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uzbektiltongue; language
2Chagataiتیلtongue
3Proto-Turkictiltongue; cut

via Uzbek shunos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uzbekshunos
Every word from Proto-Turkic tilEvery word from Chagatai تیلEvery word from Uzbek til
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