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
Ancestry of “yapay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | yapmak | to make; to build, construct, fashion; to create;... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یاپمق | to do, make, arrange |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yap- | to make, create, arrange; to close |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃yebʰ- | to copulate, have sex |