Where does “ayak izi” come from?

ayak izi (Turkish) comes from Turkish ayak, from Ottoman Turkish آیاق, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایاق, from Proto-Turkic adak — foot; end.

ayak izi (Turkish): footprint

Definitions

  1. footprint

Ancestry of “ayak izi”, step by step

ayak izi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ayak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishayakpaw, foot
2Ottoman Turkishآیاقfoot; leg
3Old Anatolian Turkishایاق—
4Proto-Turkicadakfoot; end

via Turkish iz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishizfootprint, track; trace, mark, evidence, clue
2Ottoman Turkishایزfootmark, track, trace, trail
3Proto-Turkicīŕtrace; trace; furrow
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