Where does “جفن” come from?

جفن (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic جَفْن, from Middle Armenian -ի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

جفن (Ottoman Turkish): eyelid, a thin skin membrane that covers the eye

Definitions

  1. eyelid, a thin skin membrane that covers the eye

Ancestry of “جفن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَفْن—
2Middle Armenian-իforming botanical names
3Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
4Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →Every word from Old Armenian -ի →Every word from Middle Armenian -ի →