Where does “Ermenice” come from?
Ermenice (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ارمنیجه, from Ottoman Turkish ارمنی, from Persian ارمنی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ermenice (Turkish): Armenian
Definitions
- Armenian
Ancestry of “Ermenice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ارمنیجه | Armenian |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ارمنی | Armenian |
| 3 | Persian | ارمنی | Armenian |
| 4 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 6 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |