Where does “қу” come from?

қу (Kazakh) comes from Proto-Turkic kugu — swan.

қу (Kazakh): withered, shrivelled, dried out

Definitions

  1. withered, shrivelled, dried out

Ancestry of “қу”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickuguswan
Every word from Proto-Turkic kugu