Where does “Yunanca” come from?

Yunanca (Turkish) comes from Turkish Yunan, from Ottoman Turkish یونان, from Persian یونان, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Yunanca (Turkish): Greek language

Definitions

  1. Greek language

Ancestry of “Yunanca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishYunanGreek, relating to Greece or Greeks
2Ottoman Turkishیونان
3Persianیونان
4Ancient GreekἸωνίαIonia
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία
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