Where does “Sansibar” come from?
Sansibar (Finnish) comes from English Zanzibar, from Persian زنگبار, from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri.
Sansibar (Finnish): Zanzibar
Definitions
- Zanzibar
Ancestry of “Sansibar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Zanzibar | which merged with Tanganyika in 1963 to form Tanzania |
| 2 | Persian | زنگبار | Zanzibar |
| 3 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 4 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 5 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 6 | German | bär | — |
| 7 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 8 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |