Where does “yıldız” come from?

yıldız (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یلدز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز, from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ, from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ.

yıldız (Turkish): star; A widely-known person; a celebrity; Actors...

Definitions

  1. star; A widely-known person; a celebrity; Actors...

Ancestry of “yıldız”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیلدزstar
2Old Anatolian Turkishیلدوزstar
3Proto-Turkicyulduŕstar
4Proto-Turkic-dïŕ—

Words derived from “yıldız”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -dïŕ →Every word from Proto-Turkic yulduŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدوز →