Where does “kan” come from?

kan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قان, from Proto-Turkic *kān — blood.

kan (Turkish): blood; kitchen

Definitions

  1. blood; kitchen

Ancestry of “kan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقانblood
2Proto-Turkic*kānblood

Words derived from “kan”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *kān →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قان →