Where does “uyku” come from?
uyku (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اویقو, from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku, from Proto-Turkic ūdï-, from Proto-Turkic ū — sleep.
uyku (Turkish): sleep
Ancestry of “uyku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اویقو | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *ūdïku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ūdï- | to sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ū | sleep |
Words derived from “uyku”