Where does “ترك” come from?

ترك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

ترك (Ottoman Turkish): Turk

Definitions

  1. Turk

Ancestry of “ترك”, step by step

ترك traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ترک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianترکcrack
2Middle Persiantwlk'—
3Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
4Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Proto-Turkic türi-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkictüri-lineage, ancestry

via Old Anatolian Turkish ترك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian TurkishتركTurk, Turkish, Turkic

Words derived from “ترك”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Middle Persian twlk' →