Where does “ترکی” come from?

ترکی (Persian) comes from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

ترکی (Persian): Turkish

Definitions

  1. Turkish

Ancestry of “ترکی”, step by step

ترکی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
2Middle Persian-yk'—
3Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Persian ترک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianترکcrack
2Middle Persiantwlk'—
3Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
4Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “ترکی”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →