Where does “Kurmanji” come from?

Kurmanji (English) comes from Northern Kurdish kurmancî, from Northern Kurdish -î, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Kurmanji (English): The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia

Definitions

  1. The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia

Ancestry of “Kurmanji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern KurdishkurmancîKurmanji, Northern Kurdish northern Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in Turkey
2Northern Kurdish-îadded to adjectives to make nouns having that...
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti →Every word from Northern Kurdish -î →Every word from Northern Kurdish kurmancî →