Where does “ýagşy” come from?
ýagşy (Turkmen) comes from Proto-Turkic yakšï, from Proto-Turkic yak-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.
ýagşy (Turkmen): good
Ancestry of “ýagşy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Turkic | yakšï | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | yak- | to burn; produce fire; to burn; strike fire;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eǵ- | to say |