Where does “Trabzon” come from?
Trabzon (English) comes from Turkish Trabzon, from Ottoman Turkish طربزون, from Greek Τραπεζούντα, from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς, from Ancient Greek τράπεζα, from Ancient Greek *τετράπεζα, from Ancient Greek πέζα, from Ancient Greek πούς — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “Trabzon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | Trabzon | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طربزون | — |
| 3 | Greek | Τραπεζούντα | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Τραπεζοῦς | Trapezus, a colony in Pontus founded by Miletus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τράπεζα | a table |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | *τετράπεζα | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέζα | foot, edge; foot, instep, bottom; -footed,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |