Where does “yakışmak” come from?

yakışmak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاقشمق, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

yakışmak (Turkish): to be appropriate, to be suitable

Definitions

  1. to be appropriate, to be suitable

Ancestry of “yakışmak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاقشمق—
2Proto-Turkicyak-to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say

Words derived from “yakışmak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yak- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یاقشمق →