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-.
ay ışığı (Turkish): moonlight
Ancestry of “ay ışığı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | ışık | light; inspired thought, ray of inspiration;... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ایشق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *yaĺčuk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *yaĺču- | — |