Where does “hiç kimse” come from?

hiç kimse (Turkish) comes from Turkish hiç, from Ottoman Turkish هیچ, from Persian هیچ, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 — not any.

hiç kimse (Turkish): nobody, not a single person

Definitions

  1. nobody, not a single person

Ancestry of “hiç kimse”, step by step

hiç kimse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hiç

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhiçno/none; ever/never; any
2Ottoman Turkishهیچnothing; any
3Persianهیچtiny, insignificant, inconsiderable; no; never
4Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any

via Turkish kimse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkimsesomebody, anybody
2Ottoman Turkishكمسه—
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 →Every word from Persian هیچ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish هیچ →