Etymology Explorer › Old Anatolian Turkish

Where does “بینی” come from?

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

Ancestry of “بینی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبینیnose
2Middle Persian𐭥𐭩𐭭𐭩𐭪—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →