Where does “Salaveria” come from?
Salaveria (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Salaverria, from Basque Salaberria, from Basque berri, from Ottoman Turkish بری, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Salaveria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Salaverria | — |
| 2 | Basque | Salaberria | — |
| 3 | Basque | berri | news; new |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | بری | since |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | 3rd-person possessive suffix |
| 6 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 7 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 8 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |