Where does “گرسنگی” come from?

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

گرسنگی (Persian): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “گرسنگی”, step by step

گرسنگی 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 گرسنه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگرسنهhungry
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gü →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو →Every word from Persian ـگی →