Where does “olay” come from?

olay (Turkish) comes from Turkish olmak, from Turkish -iş, from Ottoman Turkish ـش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش, from Proto-Turkic -il — Forms deverbal nouns.

olay (Turkish): event, happening

Definitions

  1. event, happening

Ancestry of “olay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisholmakto become, come to exist, come into being; to...
2Turkish-işDerives nouns from verbs
3Ottoman Turkishـش—
4Old Anatolian Turkishـش—
5Proto-Turkic-ilForms deverbal nouns

Words derived from “olay”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -il →Every word from Turkish -iş →Every word from Turkish olmak →