Where does “töröknyergek” come from?
töröknyergek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian töröknyereg, from Hungarian török, from Aromanian turcu, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 — Turk, Turkic people.
Ancestry of “töröknyergek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | töröknyereg | sella turcica a saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull in humans and other hominids |
| 2 | Hungarian | török | Turkish; Turk; first-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Aromanian | turcu | Turk |
| 4 | Turkish | Türk | Turk; Turkish |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ترك | Turk |
| 6 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 7 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 8 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |