Where does “τουβλάκι” come from?
τουβλάκι (Greek) comes from Greek τούβλο, from Byzantine Greek τοῦβλον, from Greek τούβουλον, from Latin tubulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “τουβλάκι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | τούβλο | brick; blockhead, dolt, dunce, ignoramus |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | τοῦβλον | — |
| 3 | Greek | τούβουλον | — |
| 4 | Latin | tubulus | small pipe or tube |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |