Where does “хайа” come from?

хайа (Yakut) comes from Yakut хай, from Proto-Turkic *kay-.

хайа (Yakut): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “хайа”, step by step

хайа traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yakut хай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yakutхайto follow
2Proto-Turkic*kay-—

via Proto-Turkic ka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicka-interrogative particle
Every word from Proto-Turkic *kay- →Every word from Yakut хай →