Where does “yüzbinlerce” come from?

yüzbinlerce (Turkish) comes from Turkish yüz, from Ottoman Turkish یوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.

yüzbinlerce (Turkish): hundreds of thousands of

Definitions

  1. hundreds of thousands of

Ancestry of “yüzbinlerce”, step by step

yüzbinlerce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yüz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyüzhundred; face; lining
2Ottoman Turkishیوزhundred; face
3Old Anatolian Turkishیوزhundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine
4Proto-Turkicyǖzhundred
5Proto-Turkicyǖŕhundred; face

via Turkish bin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbinthousand; second-person singular imperative of...
2Ottoman Turkishبیڭthousand
3Ottoman Turkishبیكthousand
4Proto-Turkicbïŋthousand
Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖz →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز →