Where does “یاغیز” come from?

یاغیز (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *yagïŕ, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

یاغیز (Ottoman Turkish): dark-skinned, dark-brown, darkish, virtually black, of a lustrous black (especially of horses)

Definitions

  1. dark-skinned, dark-brown, darkish, virtually black, of a lustrous black (especially of horses)

Ancestry of “یاغیز”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yagïŕ—
2Proto-Turkicyak-to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yak- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yagïŕ →