Where does “lulëkuqe” come from?

lulëkuqe (Albanian) comes from Albanian lulë, from Ottoman Turkish لوله, from Persian لوله, from Middle Persian lwlk' — *herb.

lulëkuqe (Albanian): poppy

Definitions

  1. poppy

Ancestry of “lulëkuqe”, step by step

lulëkuqe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian lulë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianlulëflower
2Ottoman Turkishلولهpipe, tube
3Persianلولهtube; pipe
4Middle Persianlwlk'*herb

via Albanian kuqe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniankuqe—
Every word from Middle Persian lwlk' →Every word from Persian لوله →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لوله →