Where does “yavuz” come from?

yavuz (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یاوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یَاوُزْ, from Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ, from Proto-Turkic *yab- — unattested verb, the meaning is probably about negative things.

yavuz (Turkish): stern, tough

Definitions

  1. stern, tough

Ancestry of “yavuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیاوزstern, tough, brave
2Old Anatolian Turkishیَاوُزْ—
3Proto-Turkic*yabïŕbad?
4Proto-Turkic*yab-unattested verb, the meaning is probably about negative things

Words derived from “yavuz”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yab- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یَاوُزْ →