Where does “tükenmek” come from?
tükenmek (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish توكنمك, from Old Anatolian Turkish düken-, from Proto-Turkic tüke- — to come to an end; to finish, to complete.
tükenmek (Turkish): to be exhausted; to be consumed away, be used up,...
Definitions
- to be exhausted; to be consumed away, be used up,...
Ancestry of “tükenmek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | توكنمك | to come to an end, to be totally consumed |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | düken- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | tüke- | to come to an end; to finish, to complete |