Where does “şifrə” come from?
şifrə (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish şifre, from Ottoman Turkish شیفره, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
Ancestry of “şifrə”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şifre | code, cipher |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | شیفره | code, cipher |
| 3 | French | chiffre | a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;... |
| 4 | Italian | cifra | figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 6 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |