Where does “гүн” come from?

гүн (Mongolian) comes from Classical Mongolian ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩ, from Chinese 公.

гүн (Mongolian): deep; profound; dark, deep

Definitions

  1. deep; profound; dark, deep

Ancestry of “гүн”, step by step

гүн traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Mongolian ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Mongolianᠭᠦ᠋ᠩ—
2Chinese公—

via Proto-Mongolic gün

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolicgün—
Every word from Chinese 公 →Every word from Classical Mongolian ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩ →