Where does “Romalı” come from?

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

Romalı (Turkish): Roman, a person from Rome

Definitions

  1. Roman, a person from Rome

Ancestry of “Romalı”, 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 →
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