Where does “yır” come from?
yır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ایر, from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر, from Proto-Turkic ēder.
yır (Turkish): song
Ancestry of “yır”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | — |