Where does “тэһии” come from?

тэһии (Yakut) comes from Mongolian тэс — rowan, mountain-ash; completely, totally; into...

тэһии (Yakut): (of animals) frisky, skittish, timid

Definitions

  1. (of animals) frisky, skittish, timid

Ancestry of “тэһии”, step by step

тэһии traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mongolian тэс

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianтэсrowan, mountain-ash; completely, totally; into...

via Proto-Turkic *teŕ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*teŕ-to run away, flee
Every word from Mongolian тэс