Where does “diyotay” come from?

diyotay (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Turkic ay- — to say.

diyotay (Hiligaynon): small; little

Definitions

  1. small; little

Ancestry of “diyotay”, step by step

diyotay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic ay-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicay-to say

via Hiligaynon diyot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynondiyot

Words derived from “diyotay

Every word from Proto-Turkic ay-