Where does “xonça” come from?
xonça (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian خوانچه, from Persian خوان, from Persian خواندن, from Proto-Iranian *hwanH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.
xonça (Azerbaijani): tray filled with different sweets, fruits and pastry
Definitions
- tray filled with different sweets, fruits and pastry
Ancestry of “xonça”, step by step
xonça traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian خوانچه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | خوانچه | tray, salver |
| 2 | Persian | خوان | table or large tray particularly such one as is... |
| 3 | Persian | خواندن | to read; to recite; to sing |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *hwanH- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *swanH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |
via Classical Persian خوانچه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | خوانچه | — |