Where does “بندوق” come from?
بندوق (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic بندق, from Arabic بُنْدُق, from Middle Persian pndk', from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον, from Ancient Greek ποντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “بندوق”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | بندق | hazelnuts; a kind of small projectiles or... |
| 2 | Arabic | بُنْدُق | hazelnut, filbert; hazelnut, bullet; hazelnut;... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | pndk' | hazelnut |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ποντικόν κάρυον | hazelnut |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ποντικός | Pontic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |