English
Kizilsu
Kizilsu comes from Kyrgyz كىزىلسۋ.
- Kyrgyzmodernكىزىلسۋ-
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Kizilsu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Kyrgyzmodernكىزىلسۋ-
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Kizilsu
Earliest quotation: 1979, Donald H. McMillen, Chinese Communist Power and Policy in Xinjiang: “On August 21, the Southern Xinjiang Administrative Office was…”
A compound of кызыл ‘red’ + суу ‘water’
Proto-Turkic *kïŕïl ‘red’
Kyrgyz кызыл ‘red’
Proto-Turkic *sïb ‘water’
Kyrgyz суу ‘water’
The story
Borrowed from Kyrgyz كىزىلسۋ / Кызылсуу (Kızılsuu, literally “red water”), from кызыл (kızıl, “red”) + суу (suu, “water”).
Every English word from Kyrgyz كىزىلسۋ
Today it means
name A Kirgiz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kyrgyz كىزىلسۋ / Kizilsu