Where does “sözcü” come from?

sözcü (Turkish) comes from Turkish söz, from Ottoman Turkish سوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish سوز, from Proto-Turkic söŕ — word, speech.

sözcü (Turkish): spokesperson; third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. spokesperson; third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “sözcü”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsözword, statement, speech; lyric; promise
2Ottoman Turkishسوزword
3Old Anatolian Turkishسوزword
4Proto-Turkicsöŕword, speech

Words derived from “sözcü”

Every word from Proto-Turkic söŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish سوز →Every word from Ottoman Turkish سوز →