Where does “mêze” come from?

mêze (Northern Kurdish) comes from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mêze (Northern Kurdish): table (item of furniture)

Definitions

  1. table (item of furniture)

Ancestry of “mêze”, step by step

mêze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mēnsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēnsaa table
2Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Omani Arabic ميز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Omani Arabicميزtable
2Persianمیزtable; desk; urine
3Persianمیزیدن—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →