Where does “Atatürk” come from?

Atatürk (Turkish) comes from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

Atatürk (Turkish): Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Definitions

  1. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Ancestry of “Atatürk”, step by step

Atatürk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Türk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
2Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
3Persianترکcrack
4Middle Persiantwlk'—
5Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
6Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Turkish ata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishatafather; predecessor, forerunner; ancestor,...
2Proto-Turkicatafather; ancestor

Words derived from “Atatürk”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Middle Persian twlk' →
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