Where does “Хөх хот” come from?

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

Хөх хот (Mongolian): A former palace and temple near Baotou

Definitions

  1. A former palace and temple near Baotou

Ancestry of “Хөх хот”, step by step

Хөх хот traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mongolian хөх

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

via Mongolian хот

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianхотtown, city
2Proto-Mongolickotan—

Words derived from “Хөх хот”

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