Where does “kaya” come from?

kaya (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیا, from Proto-Turkic *kaya — rock.

kaya (Turkish): huge rock; large rock mass; rock cliff, rock...

Definitions

  1. huge rock; large rock mass; rock cliff, rock...

Ancestry of “kaya”, step by step

kaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قیا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیاrock, boulder, a large mass of stone
2Proto-Turkic*kayarock

via Ottoman Turkish قایا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقایاrock

Words derived from “kaya”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *kaya →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیا →