Where does “yiğit” come from?
yiğit (Turkish) comes from Old Turkic yigit, from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.
yiğit (Turkish): heroic; wight, brave one
Ancestry of “yiğit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Turkic | yigit | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | jigit | young male adult; young man, brave man |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *yegit | — |
Words derived from “yiğit”