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proto-turkic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to--tur-kic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Turkic English Proto-Turkic From proto- + Turkic.

Questions

What does proto-turkic mean?
A hypothetical proto-language from which Old Turkic and all the other Turkic languages later emerged.
Where does proto-turkic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Turkic English Proto-Turkic From proto- + Turkic.

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