Where does “birlik” come from?

birlik (Turkmen) comes from Turkmen bir, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.

birlik (Turkmen): union, uniqueness; partnership; lonesome

Definitions

  1. union, uniqueness; partnership; lonesome

Ancestry of “birlik”, step by step

birlik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkmen bir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkmenbirone
2Proto-Turkicbīrone

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic bīr →Every word from Turkmen bir →