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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *ȫrt-ig | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *ȫrt- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ȫr- | to rise; to spin; to plait |