Where does “Сәрсенбай” come from?
Сәрсенбай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh сәрсенбі, from Persian چهارشنبه, 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 “Сәрсенбай”, step by step
Сәрсенбай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kazakh сәрсенбі
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | сәрсенбі | Wednesday |
| 2 | Persian | چهارشنبه | Wednesday |
| 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 | — |