Where does “yer” come from?

yer (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یر, from Old Anatolian Turkish یر, from Proto-Turkic yẹr — earth.

yer (Turkish): place, location; the ground, the earth;...

Definitions

  1. place, location; the ground, the earth;...

Ancestry of “yer”, step by step

yer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish یر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیرplace, location
2Old Anatolian Turkishیرsite, land, place, location, a particular point or place in physical space
3Proto-Turkicyẹrearth

via Turkish yerle bir etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin

Words derived from “yer”

Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یر →