Where does “یلدز بوجكی” come from?

یلدز بوجكی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یلدز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز, from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ, from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ.

یلدز بوجكی (Ottoman Turkish): firefly, glowworm, any bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae

Definitions

  1. firefly, glowworm, any bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae

Ancestry of “یلدز بوجكی”, step by step

یلدز بوجكی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یلدز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلدزstar
2Old Anatolian Turkishیلدوزstar
3Proto-Turkicyulduŕstar
4Proto-Turkic-dïŕ—

via Ottoman Turkish بوجك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوجكinsect, any arthropod in the Insecta class characterized by six legs
2Proto-Turkicbȫgček—
3Proto-Turkicbȫginsect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider
Every word from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز →