Where does “nice” come from?
nice (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish نیچه, from Proto-Turkic nēče, from Proto-Turkic nē- — what; interrogative archetype.
nice (Turkish): many; how
Ancestry of “nice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | نیچه | how; how many |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | nēče | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | nē- | what; interrogative archetype |