Where does “قراخانیان” come from?

قراخانیان (Classical Persian) comes from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀, from Proto-Turkic kara — black.

Ancestry of “قراخانیان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkic𐰴𐰺𐰀dark, black; land; north
2Proto-Turkickarablack
Every word from Proto-Turkic kara →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰀 →