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

  1. midnight

Ancestry of “gecə yarısı”, step by step

gecə yarısı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani yarı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniyarıhalf
2Azerbaijaniyarmaqto split, to cleave
3Ottoman Turkishیارمقto split, rend
4Proto-Turkicyār-to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Azerbaijani gecə

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanigecənight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Turkic yār-Every word from Ottoman Turkish یارمق