Where does “uykusuz” come from?

uykusuz (Turkish) comes from Turkish uyku, from Ottoman Turkish اویقو, from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku, from Proto-Turkic ūdï-, from Proto-Turkic ū — sleep.

uykusuz (Turkish): sleepless, not having had enough sleep, sleep-deprived

Definitions

  1. sleepless, not having had enough sleep, sleep-deprived

Ancestry of “uykusuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishuykusleep
2Ottoman Turkishاویقوsleep, the state of reduced consciousness during which a person or animal rests
3Proto-Turkic*ūdïkusleep
4Proto-Turkicūdï-to sleep
5Proto-Turkicūsleep

Words derived from “uykusuz”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ū →Every word from Proto-Turkic ūdï- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *ūdïku →