Where does “yarımmüdafiəçi” come from?
yarımmüdafiəçi (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani yarım, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
yarımmüdafiəçi (Azerbaijani): midfielder
Ancestry of “yarımmüdafiəçi”, step by step
yarımmüdafiəçi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Azerbaijani yarım
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | yarım | half (used as quantifier) |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yār- | to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Azerbaijani müdafiəçi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | müdafiəçi | defender |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | -çi | Suffix creating nouns denoting a profession or... |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | -či | Profession suffix |