Where does “yaymak” come from?

yaymak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یایمق, from Proto-Turkic yād- — to spread.

yaymak (Turkish): to scatter; to spread; to spread, broadcast,...

Definitions

  1. to scatter; to spread; to spread, broadcast,...

Ancestry of “yaymak”, step by step

yaymak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یایمق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیایمقto spread, to stretch out or open out something so that it more fully covers a given area of space
2Proto-Turkicyād-to spread

via Proto-Turkic yan-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyan-to burn

Words derived from “yaymak”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yād- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یایمق →