Where does “Yedisu” come from?
Yedisu (Turkish) comes from Turkish su, from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás, from Hungarian -ás — Added to a verb to form a noun.
Ancestry of “Yedisu”, step by step
Yedisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish su
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | su | water; juice |
| 2 | French | soutache | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | sujtás | soutache |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ás | Added to a verb to form a noun |
via Turkish yedi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | yedi | seven; third-person singular past definite... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یدی | seven |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yẹt(t)i | seven |