Where does “куу” come from?

куу (Tuvan) comes from Turkic *kugu.

куу (Tuvan): grey

Definitions

  1. grey

Ancestry of “куу”, step by step

куу traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkic *kugu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkic*kugu

via Proto-Turkic *kuba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kuba
Every word from Turkic *kugu
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