Where does “birey” come from?

birey (Turkish) comes from Spanish virrey, from Spanish rey, from Latin rex, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

birey (Turkish): individual

Definitions

  1. individual

Ancestry of “birey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvirreyviceroy
2Spanishreyking
3Latinrexking, ruler; despot, tyrant; king
4Proto-Italicrēksking
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “birey”

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