Where does “شفقتلو” come from?

شفقتلو (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـلو, from Proto-Turkic *-lig — A positive adjective suffix.

شفقتلو (Ottoman Turkish): kind

Definitions

  1. kind

Ancestry of “شفقتلو”, step by step

شفقتلو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish ـلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـلوForms adjectives from nouns; with
2Proto-Turkic*-ligA positive adjective suffix

via Ottoman Turkish شفقت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشفقت—
2Arabicشَفَقَة—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-lig →