Where does “Turki” come from?
Turki (Bashkir) comes from English Turkey, from Middle English Turkye, from Medieval Latin Turcia, from Latin Turcus, from Greek Τοῦρκος, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 — Turk, Turkic people.
Ancestry of “Turki”, step by step
Turki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Turkey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkey | The guinea fowl (family Numididae) |
| 2 | Middle English | Turkye | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Turcia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Turcus | Turk |
| 5 | Greek | Τοῦρκος | male Turk person from or who lives in Turkey |
| 6 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 7 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 8 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |
via Ottoman Turkish تركی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تركی | saddle straps, game straps, anything strapped to the back of a saddle to carry packages or dead games |