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Where does “yap-” come from?

yap- (Proto-Turkic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- — to copulate, have sex.

yap- (Proto-Turkic): to make, create, arrange; to close

Definitions

  1. to make, create, arrange; to close

Ancestry of “yap-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yebʰ-to copulate, have sex

Words derived from “yap-”

  • yapılmak
  • yapmak
  • yapay
  • یاپمق
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