Where does “lulegjake” come from?

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

lulegjake (Albanian): peony

Definitions

  1. peony

Ancestry of “lulegjake”, step by step

lulegjake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian lulë

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

via Albanian gjak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjakblood
2Proto-Albanianźak-—
Every word from Middle Persian lwlk' →Every word from Persian لوله →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لوله →