Where does “Хөхнуур” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Хөхнуур”, step by step

Хөхнуур traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mongolian хөх

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

via Mongolian нуур

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianнуурlake
2Proto-Mongolicnaxurlake
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kȫk →Every word from Proto-Mongolic *köke →Every word from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ →