Where does “birlik” come from?

birlik (Crimean Tatar) comes from Crimean Tatar bir, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.

birlik (Crimean Tatar): unity,union; peer, equal

Definitions

  1. unity,union; peer, equal

Ancestry of “birlik”, step by step

birlik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar bir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarbirone
2Proto-Turkicbīrone

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bīr →Every word from Crimean Tatar bir →