Where does “yakında” come from?

yakında (Turkish) comes from Turkish -de, from Ottoman Turkish ـده, from Proto-Turkic -te, from Proto-Turkic -ta — locative suffix.

yakında (Turkish): near, nearby

Definitions

  1. near, nearby

Ancestry of “yakında”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-deUsed to form locative of nouns
2Ottoman Turkishـدهused to form locative of nouns
3Proto-Turkic-telocative suffix
4Proto-Turkic-talocative suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -ta →Every word from Turkish -de →Every word from Proto-Turkic -te →