Where does “یر” come from?

یر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish یر, from Proto-Turkic yẹr — earth.

یر (Ottoman Turkish): place, location

Definitions

  1. place, location

Ancestry of “یر”, step by step

یر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish یر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishیرsite, land, place, location, a particular point or place in physical space
2Proto-Turkicyẹrearth

via Old Turkic یر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicیر—

Words derived from “یر”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یر →