Where does “یرمق” come from?

یرمق (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Turkish yarmak, from Ottoman Turkish یارمق, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

یرمق (Old Anatolian Turkish): coin; a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle

Definitions

  1. coin; a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle

Ancestry of “یرمق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyarmakto split, cleave, rend; slit; to hack, chop; to...
2Ottoman Turkishیارمقto split, rend
3Proto-Turkicyār-to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Turkic yār-Every word from Ottoman Turkish یارمق
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