Where does “Kıbrıscık” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Kıbrıscık”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishKıbrısCyprus
2Ottoman Turkishقبرس
3Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós