Where does “yarımada” come from?

yarımada (Turkish) comes from Turkish ada, from Ottoman Turkish آطه, from Proto-Turkic ātag — island.

yarımada (Turkish): peninsula

Definitions

  1. peninsula

Ancestry of “yarımada”, step by step

yarımada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishadaisland
2Ottoman Turkishآطهisland
3Proto-Turkicātagisland

via Turkish yarım

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyarımhalf
Every word from Proto-Turkic ātag →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آطه →Every word from Turkish ada →