Where does “туркме́н” come from?

туркме́н (Russian) comes from Turkish Türkmen, from Persian ترکمن, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

туркме́н (Russian): Turkmen

Definitions

  1. Turkmen

Ancestry of “туркме́н”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
2PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
3Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
4Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “туркме́н

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)kEvery word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Every word from Persian ترکمن