Where does “Kıbrıslı” come from?

Kıbrıslı (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.

Kıbrıslı (Turkish): Cypriot, a person from Cyprus

Definitions

  1. Cypriot, a person from Cyprus

Ancestry of “Kıbrıslı”, 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 →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύπρος →