From Proto-Turkic *öŋ (“front, colour”). Cognate with Kyrgyz өң (öŋ), Khakas ӧң (öñ), Shor ӧң, Yakut өҥ (öñ).
ӧҥ • (öŋ)
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӧҥ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN