Where does “yerden yüksek” come from?

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

yerden yüksek (Turkish): a game similar to the floor is lava, in which players must stay above floor to avoid being caught by the it, while also periodically moving from one safe "island" to another, touching the floor in the process, in order to give the it a chance to catch them

Definitions

  1. a game similar to the floor is lava, in which players must stay above floor to avoid being caught by the it, while also periodically moving from one safe "island" to another, touching the floor in the process, in order to give the it a chance to catch them

Ancestry of “yerden yüksek”, step by step

yerden yüksek 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 yüksek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyüksekhigh
2Ottoman Turkishیوكسكhigh, tall, physically elevated, extending above a base or average level
Every word from Proto-Turkic yẹr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish یر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یر →