Where does “хор” come from?

хор (Mongolian) comes from Proto-Mongolic kora — poison.

хор (Mongolian): poison; harm; malice, evil

Definitions

  1. poison; harm; malice, evil

Ancestry of “хор”, step by step

хор traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mongolic kora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolickorapoison

via Proto-Turkic kȫŕ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickȫŕglowing coals

Words derived from “хор

Every word from Proto-Mongolic kora