Where does “اركن” come from?
اركن (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish اَرْكَنْ, from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄rken, from Proto-Turkic ẹŕ-.
Ancestry of “اركن”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اَرْكَنْ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *ẹ̄rken | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ẹŕ- | — |