Where does “Kıbrıs” come from?

Kıbrıs (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قبرس, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Kıbrıs (Turkish): Cyprus

Definitions

  1. Cyprus

Ancestry of “Kıbrıs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقبرس—
2Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
3Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Kıbrıs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύπρος →