Where does “mayıs” come from?
mayıs (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مایس, from Greek Μάιος, from Koine Greek Μάϊος, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ, from Proto-Hellenic mā́tēr — mother.
mayıs (Turkish): May
Ancestry of “mayıs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مایس | — |
| 2 | Greek | Μάιος | May |
| 3 | Koine Greek | Μάϊος | — |
| 4 | Latin | Māius | — |
| 5 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |