Where does “Turkestani” come from?
Turkestani (English) comes from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Turkestani (English): of, from or relating to Turkestan
Definitions
- of, from or relating to Turkestan
Ancestry of “Turkestani”, step by step
Turkestani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English I
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 2 | Old French | i | there |
| 3 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Latin | heic | — |
| 5 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Turkestan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkestan | The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west |
| 2 | Persian | ترکستان | — |
| 3 | Persian | ـستان | -istan, -estan, -stan |
| 4 | Middle Persian | -stʾn' | makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stáHnam | the act of standing; position, location, place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂-no-m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |