Where does “kıyı” come from?
kıyı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیی, from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg.
kıyı (Turkish): beach, coast, shore; border, edge; side
Definitions
- beach, coast, shore; border, edge; side
Ancestry of “kıyı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قیی | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kïdïg | — |