Where does “тутумдоо” come from?
тутумдоо (Kyrgyz) comes from Mongolian луу, from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠤᠤ, from Old Turkic 𐰠𐰇, from Chinese 龍, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-bruŋ ~ m-bruk — thunder.
тутумдоо (Kyrgyz): to systematise
Definitions
- to systematise
Ancestry of “тутумдоо”, step by step
тутумдоо traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mongolian луу
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolian | луу | dragon; phonologically conditioned form of руу |
| 2 | Classical Mongolian | ᠯᠤᠤ | — |
| 3 | Old Turkic | 𐰠𐰇 | dragon |
| 4 | Chinese | 龍 | dragon |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *m-bruŋ ~ m-bruk | thunder |
via Kyrgyz тутум
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyz | тутум | system |