Where does “بری” come from?
بری (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
بری (Ottoman Turkish): since
Definitions
- since
Ancestry of “بری”, step by step
بری traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish ـی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | 3rd-person possessive suffix |
| 2 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Ottoman Turkish بر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بر | a, an; one |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بر | a, an; one |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | bīr | one |
via Arabic بَرِّيّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بَرِّيّ | wild |