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

yakın traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic *yakïn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*yakïnnear, proximate
2Proto-Turkicyak-to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say

via Ottoman Turkish یاقین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاقینnear, nigh, close, proximate, at a little distance

Words derived from “yakın”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yak- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yakïn →