Where does “Yerköy” come from?

Yerköy (Turkish) comes from Turkish köy, from Ottoman Turkish كوی, from Old Anatolian Turkish كوی, from Persian کوی, from Middle Persian kwd — street, lane; lane, street.

Ancestry of “Yerköy”, step by step

Yerköy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish köy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishköyvillage, settlement; village, country; peasant,...
2Ottoman Turkishكویvillage, a rural settlement of size between a hamlet and a town
3Old Anatolian Turkishكویvillage
4Persianکویstreet; city block
5Middle Persiankwdstreet, lane; lane, street

via Turkish yer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyerplace, location; the ground, the earth;...
2Ottoman Turkishیرplace, location
3Old Anatolian Turkishیرsite, land, place, location, a particular point or place in physical space
4Proto-Turkicyẹrearth
Every word from Middle Persian kwd →Every word from Persian کوی →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish كوی →