English
Yakut
Yakut comes from Russian яку́т ‘Yakut (person)’.
- Russianmodernяку́тjakút‘Yakut (person)’
- EnglishtodayYakut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Russianmodernяку́тjakút‘Yakut (person)’
- EnglishtodayYakut
The story
The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).
Every English word from Russian яку́т
Today it means
noun One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian яку́т / Yakut