Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄t- (to tow);[1] cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yet-, to tow), Turkmen ītmek and Yakut сиэт (siet).

Verb

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یدمك (yedmek)

  1. (transitive) to tow, lead, tug, to pull something behind one, such as by using a rope, chain, or halter
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  • یدك (yedek, towing, leading)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: yedmek

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yé:t-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 884

Further reading

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