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Where does “اُورْتُو” come from?

اُورْتُو (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *ȫrt-ig, from Proto-Turkic *ȫrt-, from Proto-Turkic ȫr- — to rise; to spin; to plait.

Ancestry of “اُورْتُو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*ȫrt-ig—
2Proto-Turkic*ȫrt-—
3Proto-Turkicȫr-to rise; to spin; to plait
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