Where does “Türkmenistan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Türkmenistan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkmenTürkmenTurk-like; Turkmen
2TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
3PersianترکمنTurkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
4Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
5Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “Türkmenistan”

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