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
Ancestry of “egîd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | Yiğit | — |
| 2 | Turkish | yiğit | heroic; wight, brave one |
| 3 | Old Turkic | yigit | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | jigit | young male adult; young man, brave man |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *yegit | — |