Where does “yakıştırmak” come from?
yakıştırmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish yakışmak, from Ottoman Turkish یاقشمق, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.
Ancestry of “yakıştırmak”, step by step
yakıştırmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish yakışmak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | yakışmak | to be appropriate, to be suitable |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یاقشمق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yak- | to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eǵ- | to say |
via Turkish mek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | mek | — |