Where does “İstanbullu” come from?
İstanbullu (Turkish) comes from Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.
Ancestry of “İstanbullu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | İstanbul | Istanbul |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | πόλις | in the City; city; a whole country, as dependent... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |