Where does “yarıköçəri” come from?

yarıköçəri (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.

yarıköçəri (Azerbaijani): seminomadic

Definitions

  1. seminomadic

Ancestry of “yarıköçəri”, step by step

yarıköçəri 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 köçəri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniköçərinomad, migrant
2Azerbaijaniköçməkto move, to change residence
3Proto-Turkic*köč-to migrate, nomadize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yār- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یارمق →