Where does “yat” come from?
yat (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاط, from English yacht, from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
yat (Turkish): yacht; foreigner; second-person singular...
Definitions
- yacht; foreigner; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “yat”, step by step
yat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish یاط
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یاط | yacht |
| 2 | English | yacht | A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips... |
| 3 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Proto-Turkic jāt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | jāt | foreign |