Where does “ग़ाज़ीपुर” come from?
ग़ाज़ीपुर (Hindi) comes from Hindi ग़ाज़ी, from Classical Persian غازى, from Arabic غاز, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza.
Ancestry of “ग़ाज़ीपुर”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | ग़ाज़ी | {{w|Wazir Ghazi-ud-din}}, the founder |
| 2 | Classical Persian | غازى | — |
| 3 | Arabic | غاز | gas; gas; gasoline; petrol; kerosene |
| 4 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 5 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 7 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 8 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |