Where does “ve” come from?

ve (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish و, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

ve (Turkish): and; The name of the Latin-script letter V

Definitions

  1. and; The name of the Latin-script letter V

Ancestry of “ve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishوand
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →