Where does “Türkmence” come from?

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

Türkmence (Turkish): Turkmen language

Definitions

  1. Turkmen language

Ancestry of “Türkmence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
2PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
3Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
4Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Persian ترکمن →
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