Where does “ویژگی” come from?

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

ویژگی (Persian): trait; characteristic; property

Definitions

  1. trait; characteristic; property

Ancestry of “ویژگی”, step by step

ویژگی 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 ویژه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianویژهpure; net; special
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gü →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو →Every word from Persian ـگی →