Where does “yaxşı” come from?

yaxşı (Azerbaijani) comes from Common Turkic yakšï, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

yaxşı (Azerbaijani): good; well; all right, OK; Used to affirm,...

Definitions

  1. good; well; all right, OK; Used to affirm,...

Ancestry of “yaxşı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkicyakšï—
2Proto-Turkicyak-to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say

Words derived from “yaxşı”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yak- →Every word from Common Turkic yakšï →