Where does “Turkmenistan” come from?

Turkmenistan comes from Turkmen Türkmenistan, derived from Turkmen Türkmen, the name of the Turkic people inhabiting the region.

Ancestry of “Turkmenistan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkmenTürkmenistan—
2TurkmenTürkmenTurk-like; Turkmen
3TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
4PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
5Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
6Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “Turkmenistan”

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