Where does “Türkmen” come from?

Türkmen (Turkish) comes from Persian ترکمن, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

Türkmen (Turkish): Turk-like

Definitions

  1. Turk-like

Ancestry of “Türkmen”, step by step

Türkmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ترکمن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
2Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
3Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Ottoman Turkish تركمن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتركمن—

Words derived from “Türkmen”

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