Where does “dogan oglan” come from?

dogan oglan (Turkmen) comes from Proto-Turkic dogan, from Proto-Turkic *togan, from Proto-Turkic *tȫg-.

dogan oglan (Turkmen): paternal cousin, son of paternal uncle

Definitions

  1. paternal cousin, son of paternal uncle

Ancestry of “dogan oglan”, step by step

dogan oglan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic dogan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicdoganfalcon
2Proto-Turkic*togan—
3Proto-Turkic*tȫg-—

via Turkmen oglan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkmenoglanboy
2Proto-Turkic*oglanchildren
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tȫg- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *togan →Every word from Proto-Turkic dogan →