Where does “bir” come from?

bir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بر, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.

bir (Turkish): a, an; some; mono

Definitions

  1. a, an; some; mono

Ancestry of “bir”, step by step

bir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبرa, an; one
2Old Anatolian Turkishبرa, an; one
3Proto-Turkicbīrone

via Turkish yerle bir etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin

Words derived from “bir”

Every word from Proto-Turkic bīr →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بر →
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