Where does “yoz” come from?
yoz (Uzbek) comes from Ottoman Turkish یوز, from Old Anatolian Turkish یوز, from Proto-Turkic yǖz, from Proto-Turkic yǖŕ — hundred; face.
yoz (Uzbek): summer
Ancestry of “yoz”, step by step
yoz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish یوز
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یوز | hundred; face |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | یوز | hundred, a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yǖz | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yǖŕ | hundred; face |
via Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *yabïŕ | bad? |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *yab- | unattested verb, the meaning is probably about negative things |