Where does “-iş” come from?

-iş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـش, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش, from Proto-Turkic -il — Forms deverbal nouns.

-iş (Turkish): Derives nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. Derives nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-iş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـش—
2Old Anatolian Turkishـش—
3Proto-Turkic-ilForms deverbal nouns

Words derived from “-iş”

Every word from Proto-Turkic -il →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـش →