Where does “تو” come from?

تو (Karakhanid) comes from Proto-Turkic tǖk — hair; feather; fur.

تو (Karakhanid): hair, body hair

Definitions

  1. hair, body hair

Ancestry of “تو”, step by step

تو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic tǖk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkictǖkhair; feather; fur

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese
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