Where does “egît” come from?

egît (Zazaki) comes from Turkish yiğit, from Old Turkic yigit, from Proto-Turkic jigit, from Proto-Turkic *yegit.

egît (Zazaki): courageous

Definitions

  1. courageous

Ancestry of “egît”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyiğitheroic; wight, brave one
2Old Turkicyigit—
3Proto-Turkicjigityoung male adult; young man, brave man
4Proto-Turkic*yegit—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yegit →Every word from Proto-Turkic jigit →Every word from Old Turkic yigit →