Where does “erdemlilik” come from?
erdemlilik (Turkish) comes from Turkish erdemli, from Turkish -lı, from Bulgarian -ев, from Old Church Slavonic -евъ, from Proto-Slavic *-evъ.
erdemlilik (Turkish): virtuousness
Ancestry of “erdemlilik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | erdemli | virtuous |
| 2 | Turkish | -lı | Alternative form of -li; the one that has |
| 3 | Bulgarian | -ев | — |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | -евъ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *-evъ | — |