Where does “وطنداش” come from?

وطنداش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـداش, from Proto-Turkic *-daĺ.

وطنداش (Ottoman Turkish): compatriot, fellow citizen, somebody from one's own country

Definitions

  1. compatriot, fellow citizen, somebody from one's own country

Ancestry of “وطنداش”, step by step

وطنداش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـداش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـداشNoun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness
2Proto-Turkic*-daĺ—

via Ottoman Turkish وطن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishوطنhomeland, fatherland, motherland, the country that one regards as home
2Arabicوَطَنnation; homeland
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