Where does “siyah” come from?

siyah (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish سیاه, from Persian سیاه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

siyah (Turkish): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “siyah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسیاهblack
2Persianسیاهblack; dark-skinned
3PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
4Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Iranian-kah—
6Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →