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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Mongolian | хөх | blue; breast |
| 2 | Mongolian | ᠬᠥᠬᠡ | blue |
| 3 | Proto-Mongolic | *köke | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *kȫk | — |