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.
Ancestry of “Kıbrıslı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | Kıbrıs | Cyprus |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قبرس | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |