Where does “yılan” come from?

yılan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ییلان, from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan — snake.

yılan (Turkish): snake; present participle of yılmak

Definitions

  1. snake; present participle of yılmak

Ancestry of “yılan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishییلانsnake, serpent, any legless, scaly reptile of the suborder Serpentes, with a fork-shaped tongue
2Proto-Turkic*yï̄lansnake

Words derived from “yılan”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ییلان →
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