ایكو

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oghuz *eyɣü, from Proto-Turkic *edgü. [1][2]

Adjective

اَیْكُوٖ • (eygü)

  1. good
    Antonym: یَاوُزْ (yavuz)
  2. well

Adverb

اَیْكُوٖ • (eygü)

  1. well, good

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: eyi
  • Gagauz: ii
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایو (eyü), ایی (eyi, iyi)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iyi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51

Further reading

  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “äygü”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 50