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
- closeby, nearby; akin to, relative;...
Ancestry of “yakın”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *yakïn | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yak- | to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eǵ- | to say |