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Where does “روم‌ایلی” come from?

روم‌ایلی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “روم‌ایلی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishروم—
2ArabicرُومByzantines
3Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
4Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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