Where does “Кызыл” come from?

Кызыл (Tuvan) comes from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.

Кызыл (Tuvan): red

Definitions

  1. red

Ancestry of “Кызыл”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
2Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden

Words derived from “Кызыл

Every word from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ-Every word from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl