Where does “куу” come from?

куу (Southern Altai) comes from Undetermined kög, from Middle Chinese 曲.

куу (Southern Altai): swan

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “куу”, step by step

куу traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Undetermined kög

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Undeterminedkögmelody
2Middle Chinese曲—

via Proto-Turkic kugu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickuguswan

via Turkic *kugu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkic*kugu—
Every word from Middle Chinese 曲 →