Where does “tapınak” come from?
tapınak (Turkish) comes from Turkish -ak, from Ottoman Turkish ـاق, from Proto-Turkic *-gek.
tapınak (Turkish): temple
Ancestry of “tapınak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -ak | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـاق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-gek | — |