Where does “Çekçe” come from?

Çekçe (Turkish) comes from Turkish Çek, from French tchèque, from Czech čech, from Old Czech Čech, from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

Çekçe (Turkish): Czech language

Definitions

  1. Czech language

Ancestry of “Çekçe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishÇekCzech
2FrenchtchèqueCzech, the Czech language; Czech
3Czechčech
4Old CzechČechCzech person
5Proto-Slavicčelověkъman, human
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷel-crowd, people
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷel-Every word from Proto-Slavic čelověkъ