Where does “yay” come from?

yay (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Turkic yāy — summer, spring.

yay (Azerbaijani): summer; bow

Definitions

  1. summer; bow

Ancestry of “yay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyāysummer, spring

Words derived from “yay”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yāy →