Where does “purun” come from?

purun (Quechua) comes from Proto-Turkic burun — before, earlier than; nose.

purun (Quechua): wild, barren; natural; wilderness, wasteland

Definitions

  1. wild, barren; natural; wilderness, wasteland

Ancestry of “purun”, step by step

purun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic burun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicburunbefore, earlier than; nose

via Proto-Bodo-Garo *prɯn²

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bodo-Garo*prɯn²
Every word from Proto-Turkic burun