Where does “Turkia” come from?
Turkia (Ido) 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.
Ancestry of “Turkia”, step by step
Turkia 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 New Latin Turcia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | Turcia | — |