Where does “Xabier” come from?
Xabier (Basque) comes from Basque Etxeberria, from Basque berri, from Ottoman Turkish بری, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Xabier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Basque | Etxeberria | new house |
| 2 | Basque | berri | news; new |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بری | — |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | — |
| 5 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 6 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 7 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |