Where does “Yamanyiğit” come from?

Yamanyiğit (Turkish) comes from Turkish Yiğit, from Turkish yiğit, from Old Turkic yigit, from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.

Ancestry of “Yamanyiğit”, step by step

Yamanyiğit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Yiğit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishYiğitheroic
2Turkishyiğitheroic; wight, brave one
3Old Turkicyigit—
4Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
5Proto-Turkic*yegit—

via Turkish yaman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyamanterrible, bad
2Ottoman Turkishیامانbad, evil, wicked, malicious, malevolent, intending to do harm, characterized by spite and malice
3Azerbaijaniyamanbad; evil; difficult, hard, harsh
4Proto-TurkicyAmanbad, wicked
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →Every word from Old Turkic yigit →