Where does “Dörtyol” come from?

Dörtyol (Turkish) comes from Turkish dört, from Ottoman Turkish درت, from Proto-Turkic dȫrt, from Proto-Turkic *tȫrt — four.

Ancestry of “Dörtyol”, step by step

Dörtyol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish dört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdörtfour
2Ottoman Turkishدرتfour
3Proto-Turkicdȫrtfour
4Proto-Turkic*tȫrtfour

via Turkish yol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyolpath, road, way; second-person singular...
2Ottoman Turkishیولroad, street, a way used for travelling between places
3Proto-Turkicyōlroad
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tȫrt →Every word from Proto-Turkic dȫrt →Every word from Ottoman Turkish درت →