English
Turkey
Turkey comes from Anglo-Norman Turkye, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*tür(ü)kreconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜t²ẅr²ẅk²
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتُرْکturk
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΤοῦρκοςToûrkos
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Turkye
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Turkey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*tür(ü)kreconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜t²ẅr²ẅk²
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتُرْکturk
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΤοῦρκοςToûrkos
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400Turkye
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Turkey
Earliest quotation: 2024, Hannah Rabinowitz: “One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside…”
Equivalent to Turke + -y
Every English word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k
Today it means
name A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k / Turkey