English
Onsu
Onsu comes from Uyghur ئونسۇ.
- Uyghurmodernئونسۇonsu
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Onsu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Uyghurmodernئونسۇonsu
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Onsu
Earliest quotation: 2007, Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia: “Qirmish Ata Mazar is located in a mountain valley…”
A compound of ئون ‘ten’ + سۇ ‘river’
Proto-Turkic *ōn ‘ten’
Uyghur ئون ‘ten’
Proto-Turkic *sub ‘water’
Chagatai سو ‘water’
Uyghur سۇ ‘river’
Every English word from Uyghur ئونسۇ
Today it means
name A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Uyghur ئونسۇ / Onsu