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