Where does “yargıtay” come from?

yargıtay (Turkish) comes from Turkish yargı, from Ottoman Turkish یارغو, from Proto-Turkic yār-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

yargıtay (Turkish): supreme court

Definitions

supreme court

Ancestry of “yargıtay”, step by step

yargıtay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yargı

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Turkish	yargı	judgement
2	Ottoman Turkish	یارغو	lawsuit, action, a pleading of litigants before a judge
3	Proto-Turkic	yār-	to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to...
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₂er-	to fit, to fix, to put together

via Turkish tay

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Turkish	tay	colt
2	Old Anatolian Turkish	tay	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yār- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یارغو →