Where does “gecə yarısı” come from?
gecə yarısı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani yarı, from Azerbaijani yarmaq, from Ottoman Turkish یارمق, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
gecə yarısı (Azerbaijani): midnight
Definitions
- midnight
Ancestry of “gecə yarısı”, step by step
gecə yarısı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Azerbaijani yarı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | yarı | half |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | yarmaq | to split, to cleave |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | یارمق | to split, rend |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yār- | to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Azerbaijani gecə
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | gecə | night |