Where does “öyle mi” come from?

öyle mi (Turkish) comes from Turkish öyle, from Ottoman Turkish اویله, from Turkish ayla, from Old Turkic anlayu, from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆, from Proto-Turkic bu — this.

öyle mi (Turkish): really?, is that so?

Definitions

  1. really?, is that so?

Ancestry of “öyle mi”, step by step

öyle mi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish öyle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishöylelike that, similar to; in that way; that much, so...
2Ottoman Turkishاویلهnoon, midday, the time of day when the sun is in its zenith
3Turkishayla—
4Old Turkicanlayu—
5Old Turkic𐰉𐰆this
6Proto-Turkicbuthis

via Turkish mı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishmıUsed to form interrogatives
2Proto-Turkic*-miinterrogative particle
Every word from Proto-Turkic bu →