Where does “üzgünlük” come from?
üzgünlük (Turkish) comes from Turkish üzgün, from Azerbaijani üz, from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.
üzgünlük (Turkish): sadness
Ancestry of “üzgünlük”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | üzgün | sad; sorry |
| 2 | Azerbaijani | üz | face; impudence, insolence, effrontery; cheek,... |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | یوز | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yǖz | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | yǖŕ | hundred; face |