Where does “jav” come from?

jav (Karaim) comes from Proto-Turkic yāg — fat, butter, lard, thick.

jav (Karaim): fat, oil, butter

Definitions

  1. fat, oil, butter

Ancestry of “jav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyāgfat, butter, lard, thick
Every word from Proto-Turkic yāg