 Even so, it's unclear whether the ethnonym Tuhs is of Turkic origin; meanwhile the Azi were proposed to be originally Yeniseian-speaking.The Turgesh-associated tribe Suoge, alongsides Chuyue and another unnamed tribe, participated in the ethnogenesis of Shatuo Turks.According to Baskakov, the ethnonym "Türgesh" survives in the name of the seok "Tirgesh" among Altaians.