Where does “kişi” come from?

kişi (Khalaj) comes from Common Turkic kiši, from Proto-Turkic kiĺi — person, people.

kişi (Khalaj): woman

Definitions

  1. woman

Ancestry of “kişi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Common Turkickišiperson, people
2Proto-Turkickiĺiperson, people

Words derived from “kişi

Every word from Proto-Turkic kiĺiEvery word from Common Turkic kiši