Where does “Yeniçağa” come from?

Yeniçağa (Turkish) comes from Turkish yeni, from Ottoman Turkish یڭی, from Proto-Turkic yaŋï — new.

Ancestry of “Yeniçağa”, step by step

Yeniçağa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyeninew; recent
2Ottoman Turkishیڭیnew; modern, new
3Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

via Turkish çağa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçağanewborn child
2Proto-Turkic*čāka—
Every word from Proto-Turkic yaŋï →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یڭی →Every word from Turkish yeni →