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

Definitions

  1. heroic; wight, brave one

Ancestry of “yiğit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicyigit—
2Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
3Proto-Turkic*yegit—

Words derived from “yiğit”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →Every word from Old Turkic yigit →