Where does “sayısız” come from?
sayısız (Turkish) comes from Turkish sayı, from Turkish -ı, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
sayısız (Turkish): innumerable
Ancestry of “sayısız”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | sayı | number; issue |
| 2 | Turkish | -ı | accusative suffix; 3rd person singular possessive... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | — |
| 4 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 6 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |