Where does “tünaydın” come from?

tünaydın (Turkish) comes from Turkish tün, from Proto-Turkic tǖn — firstborn.

tünaydın (Turkish): good afternoon

Definitions

  1. good afternoon

Ancestry of “tünaydın”, step by step

tünaydın traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish tün

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtünnight, evening
2Proto-Turkictǖnfirstborn

via Turkish Aydın

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAydınbright, illuminated
Every word from Proto-Turkic tǖn →Every word from Turkish tün →