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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

  1. to be exhausted; to be consumed away, be used up,...

Ancestry of “tükenmek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتوكنمكto come to an end, to be totally consumed
2Old Anatolian Turkishdüken-—
3Proto-Turkictüke-to come to an end; to finish, to complete
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