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Where does “yakšï” come from?
yakšï (Common Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.
Ancestry of “yakšï”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Turkic
yak-
to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁eǵ-
to say
Words derived from “yakšï”
yaxşı
жакшы
yaxşılaşmaq
yaxşılıq
yaxşıraq
жакшылык
yaxşılaşdırmaq
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →
Every word from Proto-Turkic yak- →