Where does “نكاه” come from?

نكاه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian نگاه, from Proto-Iranian ni-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

نكاه (Ottoman Turkish): look, glance

Definitions

  1. look, glance

Ancestry of “نكاه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنگاهlook, glance
2Proto-Iranianni-down
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
4Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Proto-Iranian ni- →