Where does “iată” come from?

iată (Romanian) comes from Romanian iacă, from Ottoman Turkish یاقه, from Proto-Turkic jaka — collar; edge; edge; collar; collar.

iată (Romanian): look!, see!, behold!

Definitions

  1. look!, see!, behold!

Ancestry of “iată”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiacălook, see; well, now, why
2Ottoman Turkishیاقهcollar of a garment
3Proto-Turkicjakacollar; edge; edge; collar; collar
Every word from Proto-Turkic jaka →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یاقه →Every word from Romanian iacă →