Where does “Zanzibar” come from?
Zanzibar derives from Persian زنگبار, from Persian زنگی, from Middle Persian zngyk'.
Zanzibar (English): which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania
Definitions
- which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania
Ancestry of “Zanzibar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زنگبار | Zanzibar |
| 2 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 3 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 4 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 5 | German | bär | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 7 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |