Where does “ilçe” come from?

ilçe (Turkish) comes from Turkish il, from Ottoman Turkish ایل, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایل, from Proto-Turkic ēl — realm.

ilçe (Turkish): town

Definitions

  1. town

Ancestry of “ilçe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishilprovince
2Ottoman Turkishایلany other person that one's self, others, other people
3Old Anatolian Turkishایلland, country, region; the territory of a nation, a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc
4Proto-Turkicēlrealm
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēl →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ایل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایل →