Where does “Turkic” come from?
Turkic derives from English Turk, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix forming words denoting belonging or relation.
Turkic (English): Of or relating to this language group or the...
Definitions
- Of or relating to this language group or the...
Ancestry of “Turkic”, step by step
Turkic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English turk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | turk | A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages |
| 2 | Turkish | Türk | Turk; Turkish |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ترك | Turk |
| 4 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 5 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 6 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |