Where does “yıldız” come from?
yıldız (Gagauz) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز, from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ, from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ.
yıldız (Gagauz): star
Ancestry of “yıldız”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | یلدوز | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yulduŕ | star |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | -dïŕ | — |