Where does “bugün” come from?

bugün (Turkish) comes from Turkish bu, from Ottoman Turkish بو, from Proto-Turkic bu — this.

bugün (Turkish): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “bugün”, step by step

bugün traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbuthis
2Ottoman Turkishبوthis; Alternative form of بوی
3Proto-Turkicbuthis

via Turkish gün

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgünsun; daytime; daylight
2Ottoman Turkishگونday; sun; hide, leather
3Proto-Turkicgünsun, day; day, sun

Words derived from “bugün

Every word from Proto-Turkic bu