Where does “Kayı” come from?

Kayı (Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish قیی, from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg.

Kayı (Turkish): Kayi, an ancient Oghuz tribe, considered to be the ancestor of the Ottomans

Definitions

  1. Kayi, an ancient Oghuz tribe, considered to be the ancestor of the Ottomans

Ancestry of “Kayı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian TurkishقییKayi, an ancient Oghuz tribe, considered to be the ancestor of the Ottomans
2Proto-Turkic*kïdïg—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قیی →