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Where does “yakın” come from?

yakın (Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

yakın (Turkish): closeby, nearby; akin to, relative;...

Definitions

  1. closeby, nearby; akin to, relative;...

Ancestry of “yakın”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yakïn—
2Proto-Turkicyak-to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say
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