Where does “Avrupalı” come from?

Avrupalı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Avrupa, from Ottoman Turkish آوروپا, from Greek Ευρώπη, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

Avrupalı (Turkish): European person

Definitions

  1. European person

Ancestry of “Avrupalı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAvrupaEurope
2Ottoman TurkishآوروپاEurope
3GreekΕυρώπηEurope
4Ancient GreekΕὐρώπηEuropa; Europe
5Ancient Greekὤψto the eye; in the face; eye
6Proto-Hellenicókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “Avrupalı”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs →