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Where does “قان” come from?

قان (Uyghur) comes from Chagatai قان, from Proto-Turkic *kān.

قان (Uyghur): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “قان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chagataiقانblood
2Proto-Turkic*kān—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kān →