Where does “сынап” come from?
сынап (Kazakh) comes from Persian سیماب, from Persian سیم, from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō — to sit.
сынап (Kazakh): mercury
Definitions
- mercury
Ancestry of “сынап”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | سیماب | quicksilver, mercury type of metal |
| 2 | Persian | سیم | wire; silver; thirtieth |
| 3 | Persian | سی | thirty; for; in order to |
| 4 | English | cee | The name of the Latin-script letter C; Something... |
| 5 | Middle English | cee | Alternative form of see |
| 6 | Old French | sei | — |
| 7 | Latin | sēdēs | seat, chair |
| 8 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |