Etymology

Yakut

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Today it means: One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin. Full definition →

Russian яку́т ← Proto-Turkic *yaka
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*yaka“collar; edge”
  2. Russian · derived fromяку́т
  3. English todayYakut

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Turkic*yaka all →

Sakha

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