Where does “yer elması” come from?

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

yer elması (Turkish): Jerusalem artichoke

Definitions

  1. Jerusalem artichoke

Ancestry of “yer elması”, step by step

yer elması traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyerplace, location; the ground, the earth;...
2Ottoman Turkishیرplace, location
3Old Anatolian Turkishیرsite, land, place, location, a particular point or place in physical space
4Proto-Turkicyẹrearth

via Turkish elması

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishelmasıthird-person singular possessive of elma;...
Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹrEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish یرEvery word from Ottoman Turkish یر