Where does “یك” come from?

یك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish یك, from Persian یک, from Middle Persian ʾywk', from Middle Persian ʾy, from Proto-Iranian Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

یك (Ottoman Turkish): one, the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1 and the numerical value equal to that cardinal number

Definitions

  1. one, the number represented by the Arabic numeral 1 and the numerical value equal to that cardinal number

Ancestry of “یك”, step by step

یك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish یك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishیكgood
2PersianیکAPI •; one
3Middle Persianʾywk'—
4Middle Persianʾy—
5Proto-IranianHáywahone
6Proto-Indo-IranianHáywasjust, only; one
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Old Turkic یك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicیك—

Words derived from “یك”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háywas →Every word from Proto-Iranian Háywah →