Where does “συντριβάνι” come from?
συντριβάνι (Greek) comes from Turkish şadırvan, from Persian شادروان, from Persian روان, from French Rouen, from Old French Roem, from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish Ratumacos, from Gaulish magos — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
συντριβάνι (Greek): fountain
Definitions
- fountain
Ancestry of “συντριβάνι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şadırvan | — |
| 2 | Persian | شادروان | a large veil, curtain or tapestry suspended... |
| 3 | Persian | روان | fluid; flowing; fluent |
| 4 | French | Rouen | — |
| 5 | Old French | Roem | — |
| 6 | Latin | Rotomagus | The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen |
| 7 | Gaulish | Ratumacos | — |
| 8 | Gaulish | magos | field |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | magos | plain, field |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |