Where does “ıt” come from?

ıt (Old Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic ɨt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ıt (Old Turkic): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ıt”, step by step

ıt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic ɨt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicɨtdog
2Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Proto-Turkic it

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicitdog

via Proto-Turkic īt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicītdog

Words derived from “ıt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →