Where does “Proto-Turkic” come from?
Proto-Turkic (English) comes from English Turkic, from English turk, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.
Proto-Turkic (English): A hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged
Definitions
- A hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged
Ancestry of “Proto-Turkic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkic | Of or relating to this language group or the... |
| 2 | English | turk | A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages |
| 3 | Turkish | Türk | Turk; Turkish |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ترك | Turk |
| 5 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 6 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 7 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |