Where does “هرزگی” come from?

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

هرزگی (Persian): debauchery, depravity

Definitions

  1. debauchery, depravity

Ancestry of “هرزگی”, step by step

هرزگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـگی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs

via Persian هرزه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهرزهunrestrained; stray; lewd, obscene
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gü →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو →Every word from Persian ـگی →