Where does “Yunanlı” come from?

Yunanlı (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...

Yunanlı (Turkish): Greek

Definitions

  1. Greek

Ancestry of “Yunanlı”, 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 -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία →