Where does “Doğankent” come from?
Doğankent (Turkish) comes from Turkish doğan, from Ottoman Turkish طوغان, from Proto-Turkic *togan, from Proto-Turkic *tȫg-.
Ancestry of “Doğankent”, step by step
Doğankent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish doğan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | doğan | hawk, falcon, peregrine falcon; present... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طوغان | hawk, falcon, any bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *togan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *tȫg- | — |
via Turkish kent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kent | city |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كنت | village, a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | كند | — |