Where does “yiyiş” come from?

yiyiş (Turkish) comes from Turkish yemek, from Ottoman Turkish یمك, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

yiyiş (Turkish): eating

Definitions

  1. eating

Ancestry of “yiyiş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyemekto eat; to require, use up, consume; to bite, eat...
2Ottoman Turkishیمكfood, meal; to eat, consume
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
4Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یمك →