Where does “kurmancî” come from?

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

kurmancî (Northern Kurdish): Kurmanji, Northern Kurdish northern Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in Turkey

Definitions

  1. Kurmanji, Northern Kurdish northern Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in Turkey

Ancestry of “kurmancî”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdish-îadded to adjectives to make nouns having that...
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti—

Words derived from “kurmancî”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti →Every word from Northern Kurdish -î →