Where does “یازی” come from?

یازی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *yaŕ-ïg, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

یازی (Ottoman Turkish): writing, scripture, text, graphism of symbols such as characters or letters that express some meaning

Definitions

  1. writing, scripture, text, graphism of symbols such as characters or letters that express some meaning

Ancestry of “یازی”, step by step

یازی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic *yaŕ-ïg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yaŕ-ïg—
2Proto-Turkicyār-to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dongxiang yazi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dongxiangyaziduck
2Chinese鴨子duck; male prostitute; rentboy; moneyboy; male...

Words derived from “یازی”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yār- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yaŕ-ïg →