Where does “yeşiltim” come from?

yeşiltim (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish yeşil, from Ottoman Turkish یشیل, from Old Anatolian Turkish یاشل, from Proto-Turkic yāĺïl — green.

yeşiltim (Crimean Tatar): greenish, greeny

Definitions

  1. greenish, greeny

Ancestry of “yeşiltim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyeşilgreen; east
2Ottoman Turkishیشیلgreen, verdant, virent, with a hue which is of grass or leaves
3Old Anatolian Turkishیاشلgreen, verdant, virent, with a hue which is of grass or leaves
4Proto-Turkicyāĺïlgreen
Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺïl →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یاشل →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یشیل →
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