Where does “binefşî” come from?

binefşî (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish binefş, from Northern Kurdish -î, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

binefşî (Kurdish): purple

Definitions

  1. purple

Ancestry of “binefşî”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishbinefşviolet
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 binefş →