Where does “” come from?

iç (Crimean Tatar) comes from Persian هیچ, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 — not any.

(Crimean Tatar): inside, interior part of something; any, no,...

Definitions

  1. inside, interior part of something; any, no,...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هیچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهیچtiny, insignificant, inconsiderable; no; never
2Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any

via Old Turkic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkic
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰Every word from Persian هیچ