Where does “хүн” come from?

хүн (Mongolian) comes from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ, from Proto-Mongolic *kümün.

хүн (Mongolian): person, man; human, human being; character,...

Definitions

  1. person, man; human, human being; character,...

Ancestry of “хүн”, step by step

хүн traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Mongolian ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Mongolianᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ—
2Proto-Mongolic*kümün—

via Proto-Turkic kün

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickünpeople

Words derived from “хүн”

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