Where does “özen” come from?
özen (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اوزن, from Turkish öz, from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز, from Proto-Turkic ȫŕ — inside.
Ancestry of “özen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوزن | — |
| 2 | Turkish | öz | gist; kernel; self, -self |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | اوز | — |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوز | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ȫŕ | inside |
Words derived from “özen”