Etymology

Türk

Turkish Türk ← Ottoman Turkish ترك (türk) ← Old Anatolian Turkish ترك (türk)
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)k
  2. Old Anatolian Turkishترك (türk)
  3. Ottoman Turkishترك (türk)
  4. TurkishTürk
  5. English todayTürk

Borrowed from Turkish Türk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.