Where does “كم” come from?

كم (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian گم, from Proto-Iranian wi-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

كم (Old Anatolian Turkish): that

Definitions

  1. that

Ancestry of “كم”, step by step

كم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian گم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگمlost; missing
2Proto-Iranianwi-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

via Proto-Turkic kem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickemwho

Words derived from “كم”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Iranian wi- →Every word from Persian گم →