Where does “یوز” come from?

یوز (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.

یوز (Ottoman Turkish): hundred; face

Definitions

  1. hundred; face

Ancestry of “یوز”, step by step

یوز traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish یوز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishیوزhundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine
2Proto-Turkicyǖzhundred
3Proto-Turkicyǖŕhundred; face

via Persian یوز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیوزcheetah; dog which hunts by the scent
2Middle Persianywccheetah

Words derived from “یوز”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖz →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز →