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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSalaverria—
2BasqueSalaberria—
3Basqueberrinews; new
4Ottoman Turkishبری—
5Ottoman Turkishـی—
6PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
7Middle Persian-yk'—
8Old Persian-𐎡𐎣—
9Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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