Where does “Türkmen” come from?

Türkmen (Turkmen) comes from Turkish Türkmen, from Persian ترکمن, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

Türkmen (Turkmen): Turk-like; Turkmen

Definitions

  1. Turk-like; Turkmen

Ancestry of “Türkmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
2PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
3Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
4Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “Türkmen”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →Every word from Persian ترکمن →