Where does “yüzyıl” come from?

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

yüzyıl (Turkish): century 100 years

Definitions

  1. century 100 years

Ancestry of “yüzyıl”, step by step

yüzyıl 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 yıl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyılyear; second-person singular imperative of yılmak
2Ottoman Turkishییلyear
3Proto-Turkicyïlyear

Words derived from “yüzyıl”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yǖz →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز →