Where does “şadrewan” come from?
şadrewan (Northern Kurdish) comes from Persian شادروان, from Persian روان, from French Rouen, from Old French Roem, from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish Ratumacos, from Gaulish magos, from Proto-Celtic magos — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
şadrewan (Northern Kurdish): pool; fountain
Ancestry of “şadrewan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | شادروان | a large veil, curtain or tapestry suspended... |
| 2 | Persian | روان | fluid; flowing; fluent |
| 3 | French | Rouen | — |
| 4 | Old French | Roem | — |
| 5 | Latin | Rotomagus | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | Ratumacos | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | magos | field |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | magos | plain, field |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |