Where does “ইস্তাম্বুল” come from?
ইস্তাম্বুল (Bengali) comes from English Istanbul, from Turkish İstanbul, from Byzantine Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.
Ancestry of “ইস্তাম্বুল”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Istanbul | A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) |
| 2 | Turkish | İstanbul | Istanbul |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | πόλις | in the City; city; a whole country, as dependent... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |