Where does “yılan” come from?
yılan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ییلان, from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan.
yılan (Turkish): snake; present participle of yılmak
Definitions
- snake; present participle of yılmak
Ancestry of “yılan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ییلان | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *yï̄lan | — |