Where does “Lefkoşalı” come from?

Lefkoşalı (Turkish) comes from Turkish -lı, from Bulgarian -ев, from Old Church Slavonic -евъ, from Proto-Slavic *-evъ.

Lefkoşalı (Turkish): Nicosian; Lefkosian

Definitions

  1. Nicosian; Lefkosian

Ancestry of “Lefkoşalı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-lıAlternative form of -li; the one that has
2Bulgarian-ев—
3Old Church Slavonic-евъ—
4Proto-Slavic*-evъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *-evъ →Every word from Turkish -lı →Every word from Bulgarian -ев →