Where does “yẹ̄miš” come from?
yẹ̄miš (Common Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic yẹ̄miĺč, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “yẹ̄miš”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Turkic | yẹ̄miĺč | fruit; vegetable, fruit |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 3 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |