Where does “ay ışığı” come from?
ay ışığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish ışık, from Ottoman Turkish ایشق, from Proto-Turkic *yaĺčuk, from Proto-Turkic *yaĺču- — to blaze, flame.
ay ışığı (Turkish): moonlight
Ancestry of “ay ışığı”, step by step
ay ışığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish ışık
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | ışık | light; inspired thought, ray of inspiration;... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ایشق | light, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *yaĺčuk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *yaĺču- | to blaze, flame |
via Turkish Ay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Ay | moon; Moon |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آی | moon; month |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | آیْ | — |