Where does “Boşnak” come from?

Boşnak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوشناق, from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk, from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna — Bosnia.

Boşnak (Turkish): Bosniak

Definitions

  1. Bosniak

Ancestry of “Boşnak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishبوشناقBosniak
2Serbo-CroatianBòšnjākBosniak
3Serbo-CroatianBȍsnaBosnia
Every word from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna →Every word from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوشناق →