Where does “-ış” come from?
-ış (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش, from Proto-Turkic -il.
Ancestry of “-ış”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـش | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ـش | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | -il | — |