Where does “cezve” come from?
cezve (English) comes from English jezve, from Ottoman Turkish جزوه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
cezve (English): Alternative form of jezve
Definitions
- Alternative form of jezve
Ancestry of “cezve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | jezve | A Turkish coffee-pot with a long handle |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | جزوه | — |
| 3 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |