Etymology Explorer › Old Turkic

Where does “yana” come from?

yana (Old Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic *yana, from Proto-Turkic yan- — to burn , blaze up; to return, turn back.

Ancestry of “yana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yana—
2Proto-Turkicyan-to burn , blaze up; to return, turn back

Words derived from “yana”

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