Where does “Ege” come from?

Ege (Turkish) comes from Greek Αιγαίο, from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον, from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος, from Ancient Greek -αῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ege (Turkish): Aegean

Definitions

  1. Aegean

Ancestry of “Ege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekΑιγαίοAegean See
2Ancient GreekΑἰγαῖον
3Ancient GreekΑἰγαῖοςAegean
4Ancient Greek-αῖοςSuffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to ("of")
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek -αῖος