Where does “kişi” come from?

kişi (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كیشی, from Old Anatolian Turkish كشی, from Common Turkic kiši, from Proto-Turkic kiĺi — person, people.

kişi (Turkish): person, human being

Definitions

  1. person, human being

Ancestry of “kişi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكیشیperson, human being
2Old Anatolian Turkishكشیperson
3Common Turkickišiperson, people
4Proto-Turkickiĺiperson, people
Every word from Proto-Turkic kiĺi →Every word from Common Turkic kiši →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish كشی →