Where does “کردی” come from?

کردی (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.

کردی (Persian): Kurdish; second-person singular past indicative...

Definitions

  1. Kurdish; second-person singular past indicative...

Ancestry of “کردی”, step by step

کردی 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 کرد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکردnomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن
2Middle Persiankwrt—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “کردی”

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