Where does “Kırıkhan” come from?
Kırıkhan (Turkish) comes from Turkish kırık, from Turkish -ık, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.
Ancestry of “Kırıkhan”, step by step
Kırıkhan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kırık
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kırık | broken, shattered |
| 2 | Turkish | -ık | Derives participle forms of verbs; adjectival and/or resulting state or product of the action |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |