Where does “seçkin” come from?

seçkin (Turkish) comes from Turkish seçmek, from Proto-Turkic seč- — to choose, select.

seçkin (Turkish): exclusive

Definitions

  1. exclusive

Ancestry of “seçkin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishseçmekto choose, select; to pick out, sort; to elect
2Proto-Turkicseč-to choose, select
Every word from Proto-Turkic seč- →Every word from Turkish seçmek →
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