Where does “bir şey” come from?

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

bir şey (Turkish): something

Definitions

  1. something

Ancestry of “bir şey”, step by step

bir şey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish bir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbira, an; some; mono
2Ottoman Turkishبرa, an; one
3Old Anatolian Turkishبرa, an; one
4Proto-Turkicbīrone

via Turkish şey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishşeything; genital organ; well
2Ottoman Turkishشیthing
3Arabicشَيْءthing; thing, object; thing, a thing, something
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