Where does “Çerkezköy” come from?

Çerkezköy (Turkish) comes from Turkish köy, from Ottoman Turkish كوی, from Old Anatolian Turkish كوی, from Persian کوی, from Middle Persian kwd — street, lane; lane, street.

Ancestry of “Çerkezköy”, step by step

Çerkezköy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish köy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishköyvillage, settlement; village, country; peasant,...
2Ottoman Turkishكویvillage, a rural settlement of size between a hamlet and a town
3Old Anatolian Turkishكویvillage
4Persianکویstreet; city block
5Middle Persiankwdstreet, lane; lane, street

via Turkish çerkez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishçerkezCircassian person
2Ottoman TurkishچركسCircassian, a native or inhabitant of Circassia, a region in North Caucasus
3RussianЧерке́сCircassian
Every word from Middle Persian kwd →Every word from Persian کوی →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish كوی →