Where does “扁桃” come from?
扁桃 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 扁桃, from Persian بادام, from Pahlavi 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.
扁桃 (Japanese): almond; tonsil
Ancestry of “扁桃”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 扁桃 | almond; flat peach |
| 2 | Persian | بادام | almond |
| 3 | Pahlavi | 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | vātādám | — |