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Where does “Хөх хот” come from?

Хөх хот (Mongolian) comes from Mongolian хөх, from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ, from Proto-Mongolic *köke, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk.

Ancestry of “Хөх хот”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianхөхblue; breast
2Mongolianᠬᠥᠬᠡblue
3Proto-Mongolic*köke—
4Proto-Turkic*kȫk—

Words derived from “Хөх хот”

  • Hohhot
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kȫk →