Where does “呼麥” come from?
呼麥 (Chinese) comes from Tuvan Хөөмей, from Mongolian хөөмий, from Mongolian хөх, from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ, from Proto-Mongolic *köke, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk.
呼麥 (Chinese): Tuvan throat singing
Ancestry of “呼麥”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tuvan | Хөөмей | — |
| 2 | Mongolian | хөөмий | A style of throat singing, often accompanied by... |
| 3 | Mongolian | хөх | blue; breast |
| 4 | Mongolian | ᠬᠥᠬᠡ | blue |
| 5 | Proto-Mongolic | *köke | — |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *kȫk | — |