Where does “mahtab” come from?
mahtab (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian مهتاب, from Persian مه, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ — mother.
mahtab (Azerbaijani): moonlight
Ancestry of “mahtab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | مهتاب | moonlight |
| 2 | Persian | مه | Alternative form of ماه; fog, mist; I, me |
| 3 | French | mai | May |
| 4 | Old French | mai | — |
| 5 | Latin | Māius | — |
| 6 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |