Where does “egîd” come from?

egîd (Kurdish) comes from Turkish Yiğit, from Turkish yiğit, from Old Turkic yigit, from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.

egîd (Kurdish): courageous; hero

Definitions

  1. courageous; hero

Ancestry of “egîd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishYiğitheroic
2Turkishyiğitheroic; wight, brave one
3Old Turkicyigit—
4Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
5Proto-Turkic*yegit—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →Every word from Old Turkic yigit →