Where does “yeniyetmə” come from?

yeniyetmə (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani yeni, from Proto-Turkic yaŋï — new.

yeniyetmə (Azerbaijani): teenager, juvenile, youth, adolescent

Definitions

  1. teenager, juvenile, youth, adolescent

Ancestry of “yeniyetmə”, step by step

yeniyetmə traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani yeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniyeninew
2Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

via Azerbaijani yetmək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniyetməkto get (to), to reach
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyet-to establish oneself, place firmly
Every word from Proto-Turkic yaŋï →Every word from Azerbaijani yeni →