Where does “көкжөтел” come from?

көкжөтел (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh көк, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk.

көкжөтел (Kazakh): whooping cough, pertussis

Definitions

  1. whooping cough, pertussis

Ancestry of “көкжөтел”, step by step

көкжөтел traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh көк

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhкөкblue
2Proto-Turkic*kȫk—

via Kazakh жөтел

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжөтелcough
2Proto-Turkic*yötel—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kȫk →Every word from Kazakh көк →