Where does “Turkland” come from?

Turkland (English) comes 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.

Turkland (English): The land inhabited or ruled by Turks or Turkic peoples

Definitions

  1. The land inhabited or ruled by Turks or Turkic peoples

Ancestry of “Turkland”, step by step

Turkland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English turk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturkA person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages
2TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
3Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
4Persianترکcrack
5Middle Persiantwlk'—
6Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
7Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via English Land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Middle Persian twlk' →
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