Etymology Explorer › Ottoman Turkish

Where does “ـدن” come from?

ـدن (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish ـدن, from Proto-Turkic *-den.

Ancestry of “ـدن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishـدن—
2Proto-Turkic*-den—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-den →