Where does “fîncan” come from?
fîncan (Kurdish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فنجان, from Arabic فِنْجَان, from Persian پنگان, from Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ, from Aramaic פינכא, from Ancient Greek πίναξ, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
fîncan (Kurdish): cup
Ancestry of “fîncan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | فنجان | cup |
| 2 | Arabic | فِنْجَان | — |
| 3 | Persian | پنگان | cup; bowl; water clock, clepsydra |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܦܝܢܟܐ | dish, platter, paten; table; writing tablet |
| 5 | Aramaic | פינכא | dish, platter |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πίναξ | board, plank; tablet; dish, plate, platter,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |