Where does “göytürk” come from?

göytürk (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani türk, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

göytürk (Azerbaijani): Göktürk

Definitions

  1. Göktürk

Ancestry of “göytürk”, step by step

göytürk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani türk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AzerbaijanitürkTurk
2Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Proto-Indo-European goy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangoy-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Azerbaijani türk →