Etymology Explorer › Karakalpak

Where does “qan” come from?

qan (Karakalpak) comes from Kipchak قان, from Proto-Turkic Kiān.

qan (Karakalpak): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “qan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kipchakقانblood
2Proto-TurkicKiān—
Every word from Proto-Turkic Kiān →