Where does “dilküşa” come from?
dilküşa (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian del, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
Ancestry of “dilküşa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | del | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | *jr̥dáyam | heart |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam | heart |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |