Where does “silgi” come from?
silgi (Turkish) comes from Turkish -gı, from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü.
silgi (Turkish): eraser
Ancestry of “silgi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | -gı | — |
| 2 | Persian | ـگی | — |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ـکو | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *-gü | — |