Where does “افسردگی” come from?
افسردگی (Persian) comes from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü — Derives nouns from verbs.
افسردگی (Persian): depression
Ancestry of “افسردگی”, step by step
افسردگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـگی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـگی | form of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}} |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ـکو | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-gü | Derives nouns from verbs |
via Persian افسرده
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | افسرده | depressed |
| 2 | Persian | افسردن | to cool down; freeze |
| 3 | Middle Persian | ʾpsltn' | to cool down |
Words derived from “افسردگی”