Where does “تونج ایلی” come from?
تونج ایلی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایل, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایل, from Proto-Turkic ēl — realm.
Ancestry of “تونج ایلی”, step by step
تونج ایلی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish ایل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ایل | any other person that one's self, others, other people |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایل | land, country, region; the territory of a nation, a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ēl | realm |