Where does “туркменка” come from?

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

туркменка (Russian): female Turkmen person from Turkmenistan

Definitions

  1. female Turkmen person from Turkmenistan

Ancestry of “туркменка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтуркме́нTurkmen
2TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
3PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
4Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
5Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Persian ترکمن →