Where does “tepe” come from?

tepe (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تپه, from Old Anatolian Turkish دپه, from Proto-Turkic *tepe — hill, top.

tepe (Turkish): hill; top, peak; apex, vertex

Definitions

  1. hill; top, peak; apex, vertex

Ancestry of “tepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتپهcrown of the head, apex, summit, mountain peak,...
2Old Anatolian Turkishدپهhill
3Proto-Turkic*tepehill, top

Words derived from “tepe”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tepe →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish دپه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تپه →