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

Definitions

  1. sleep

Ancestry of “uyku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاویقوsleep, the state of reduced consciousness during which a person or animal rests
2Proto-Turkic*ūdïkusleep
3Proto-Turkicūdï-to sleep
4Proto-Turkicūsleep

Words derived from “uyku

Every word from Proto-Turkic ūEvery word from Proto-Turkic ūdï-Every word from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku