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Where does “-gı” come from?

-gı (Turkish) comes from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü.

Ancestry of “-gı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگی—
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-gü—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-gü →