Etymograph

English

Kyzyl

Kyzyl comes from Russian Кызы́л, and goes back to Tuvan Кызыл.

  1. TuvanmodernКызылliterally ‘red’
  2. RussianmodernКызы́лKyzýl
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012Kyzyl

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. TuvanmodernКызылliterally ‘red’
  2. RussianmodernКызы́лKyzýl
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012Kyzyl

Earliest quotation: 2012, Alissa de Carbonnel, Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Siberia near Mongolia border: “The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the…”

The story

Borrowed from Russian Кызы́л (Kyzýl), from Tuvan Кызыл (Kızıl, literally “red”), honoring the communist movement.

Every English word from Tuvan Кызыл

Today it means

name The capital city of Tuva, Russia.

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Etymograph / Tuvan Кызыл / Kyzyl

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