Where does “хуурай” come from?

хуурай (Mongolian) comes from Proto-Mongolic kuxuraï, from Proto-Mongolic kuxu- — to dry.

хуурай (Mongolian): dry; file

Definitions

  1. dry; file

Ancestry of “хуурай”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolickuxuraïdry
2Proto-Mongolickuxu-to dry
Every word from Proto-Mongolic kuxu-Every word from Proto-Mongolic kuxuraï