Where does “Türkmen” come from?

Türkmen (English) comes 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.

Türkmen (English): A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan

Definitions

  1. A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan

Ancestry of “Türkmen”, step by step

Türkmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Türk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
2Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
3Persianترکcrack
4Middle Persiantwlk'—
5Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
6Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Turkmen Türkmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkmenTürkmenTurk-like; Turkmen
2TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
3PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)

Words derived from “Türkmen”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Middle Persian twlk' →