Where does “yapay” come from?

yapay (Turkish) comes from Turkish yapmak, from Ottoman Turkish یاپمق, from Proto-Turkic yap-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- — to copulate, have sex.

yapay (Turkish): artificial

Definitions

  1. artificial

Ancestry of “yapay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyapmakto make; to build, construct, fashion; to create;...
2Ottoman Turkishیاپمقto do, make, arrange
3Proto-Turkicyap-to make, create, arrange; to close
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yebʰ-to copulate, have sex
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yap- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یاپمق →
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