Where does “ფირუზისფერი” come from?
ფირუზისფერი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ფირუზი, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
ფირუზისფერი (Georgian): turquoise, greenish-blue, bluish-green
Definitions
- turquoise, greenish-blue, bluish-green
Ancestry of “ფირუზისფერი”, step by step
ფირუზისფერი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Georgian ფირუზი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | ფირუზი | turquoise |
| 2 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 3 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 4 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 5 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 6 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 7 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Georgian ფერი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | ფერი | color, hue; look-alike |
| 2 | Turkish | peri | fairy, pixie |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 4 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 5 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 6 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |