Where does “سیاه” come from?

سیاه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian سیاه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

سیاه (Ottoman Turkish): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “سیاه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسیاهblack; dark-skinned
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah—
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

Words derived from “سیاه”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →