Where does “soğukkanlı” come from?

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

soğukkanlı (Turkish): cool, chill, calm, emotionless, cold-blooded

Definitions

  1. cool, chill, calm, emotionless, cold-blooded

Ancestry of “soğukkanlı”, step by step

soğukkanlı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkanblood; kitchen
2Ottoman Turkishقانblood
3Proto-Turkic*kānblood

via Turkish soğuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsoğukcold; unfriendly, hostile, mean
2Ottoman Turkishصوغوقcold, frigid, having a low temperature
3Proto-Turkic*sogïkcold
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kān →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قان →Every word from Turkish kan →