Where does “Ayyıldız” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Ayyıldız”, step by step

Ayyıldız traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yıldız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyıldızstar; A widely-known person; a celebrity; Actors...
2Ottoman Turkishیلدزstar
3Old Anatolian Turkishیلدوزstar
4Proto-Turkicyulduŕstar
5Proto-Turkic-dïŕ—

via Turkish Ay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAymoon; Moon
2Ottoman Turkishآیmoon; month
3Old Anatolian Turkishآیْ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز →