Where does “yıldız” come from?

yıldız (Gagauz) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز, from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ, from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ.

yıldız (Gagauz): star

Definitions

  1. star

Ancestry of “yıldız”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishیلدوزstar
2Proto-Turkicyulduŕstar
3Proto-Turkic-dïŕ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز →