Where does “ayaktaş” come from?
ayaktaş (Turkish) comes from Turkish ayak, from Ottoman Turkish آیاق, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایاق, from Proto-Turkic adak — foot; end.
ayaktaş (Turkish): companion, friend
Ancestry of “ayaktaş”, step by step
ayaktaş traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish ayak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | ayak | paw, foot |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آیاق | foot; leg |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایاق | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | adak | foot; end |
via Ottoman Turkish آیاقداش
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آیاقداش | fellow traveller, one who travels together with another |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـداش | Noun-forming suffix that indicates fellowship, relatedness, or togetherness |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-daĺ | — |