Where does “olay” come from?

olay (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish olay, from Turkish olmak, from Turkish -iş, from Ottoman Turkish ـش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش, from Proto-Turkic -il — Forms deverbal nouns.

olay (Azerbaijani): event, happening

Definitions

  1. event, happening

Ancestry of “olay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisholayevent, happening
2Turkisholmakto become, come to exist, come into being; to...
3Turkish-işDerives nouns from verbs
4Ottoman Turkishـش—
5Old Anatolian Turkishـش—
6Proto-Turkic-ilForms deverbal nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic -il →Every word from Turkish -iş →Every word from Turkish olmak →