Where does “bugünkü” come from?

bugünkü (Turkish) comes from Turkish ki, from Turkish iki, from Old Turkic äki, from Proto-Turkic ẹk(k)i — two.

bugünkü (Turkish): current

Definitions

  1. current

Ancestry of “bugünkü”, step by step

bugünkü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkithat; two
2Turkishikitwo
3Old Turkicäki—
4Proto-Turkicẹk(k)itwo

via Turkish bugün

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbugüntoday
2Turkishbuthis
3Ottoman Turkishبوthis; Alternative form of بوی
4Proto-Turkicbuthis
Every word from Proto-Turkic ẹk(k)i →
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