Where does “زندگی” come from?

زندگی (Persian) comes from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü — Derives nouns from verbs.

زندگی (Persian): life, existence

Definitions

  1. life, existence

Ancestry of “زندگی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gü →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو →Every word from Persian ـگی →