Where does “-गी” come from?

-गी (Hindi) comes from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü — Derives nouns from verbs.

-गी (Hindi): form of the suffix

Definitions

  1. form of the suffix

Ancestry of “-गी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs

Words derived from “-गी

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-güEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکوEvery word from Persian ـگی