English

Ozer

Ozer comes from Turkish Özer.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of öz ‘core, essence’ + er ‘soldier’

Proto-Turkic *ȫ- ‘to think, to be aware’

Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ ‘self, essence’

Old Anatolian Turkish اوز

Ottoman Turkish اوز ‘pith, essence, marrow’

Turkish öz ‘core, essence’

Proto-Turkic *ēr ‘man’

Old Anatolian Turkish ار

Ottoman Turkish ار ‘man (male person)’

Turkish er ‘soldier’

Every English word from Turkish Özer

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.