Where does “Хөөмей” come from?

Хөөмей (Tuvan) comes from Mongolian хөөмий, from Mongolian хөх, from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ, from Proto-Mongolic *köke, from Proto-Turkic *kȫk.

Хөөмей (Tuvan): khoomei (traditional Tuvan throat singing)

Definitions

  1. khoomei (traditional Tuvan throat singing)

Ancestry of “Хөөмей”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MongolianхөөмийA style of throat singing, often accompanied by...
2Mongolianхөхblue; breast
3Mongolianᠬᠥᠬᠡblue
4Proto-Mongolic*kökeblue
5Proto-Turkic*kȫk—

Words derived from “Хөөмей”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *kȫk →Every word from Proto-Mongolic *köke →Every word from Mongolian ᠬᠥᠬᠡ →