Where does “hiçbir” come from?
hiçbir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish هیچ بر, from Ottoman Turkish بر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بر, from Proto-Turkic bīr — one.
hiçbir (Turkish): no, none; any
Ancestry of “hiçbir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | هیچ بر | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بر | a, an; one |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بر | a, an; one |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | bīr | one |