Where does “ikiz” come from?

ikiz (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایكیز, from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)iŕ, from Proto-Turkic ẹk(k)i — two.

ikiz (Turkish): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “ikiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishایكیزtwin, either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time
2Proto-Turkic*ẹk(k)iŕtwin
3Proto-Turkicẹk(k)itwo

Words derived from “ikiz”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ẹk(k)i →Every word from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)iŕ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ایكیز →
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