Where does “Tunceli” come from?
Tunceli (English) comes from Turkish Tunceli, from Ottoman Turkish تونج ایلی, from Ottoman Turkish ایل, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایل, from Proto-Turkic ēl — realm.
Ancestry of “Tunceli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Tunceli | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | تونج ایلی | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایل | any other person that one's self, others, other people |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایل | land, country, region; the territory of a nation, a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēl | realm |