Where does “بینی” come from?

بینی (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian بینی, from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

بینی (Old Anatolian Turkish): brain

Definitions

  1. brain

Ancestry of “بینی”, step by step

بینی traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بینی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبینیnose
2Middle Persian𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Turkic *bẹńi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*bẹńibrain

via Classical Persian بینی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianبینی—

Words derived from “بینی”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪 →Every word from Persian بینی →