Where does “çərşənbə” come from?
çərşənbə (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian چهارشنبه, from Arabic غاز, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā.
çərşənbə (Azerbaijani): Wednesday
Ancestry of “çərşənbə”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | چهارشنبه | Wednesday |
| 2 | Arabic | غاز | gas; gas; gasoline; petrol; kerosene |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |