Where does “زنجبار” come from?
زنجبار (Arabic) comes from Persian زنگبار, from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi.
Ancestry of “زنجبار”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زنگبار | Zanzibar |
| 2 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 3 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 4 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 5 | German | bär | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 7 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |