Where does “volkan” come from?

volkan (Northern Kurdish) comes from Turkish volkan, from French volcan, from Spanish volcán, from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcānus, from Ancient Greek ὀδών — Ionic form of ὀδούς.

volkan (Northern Kurdish): volcano

Definitions

  1. volcano

Ancestry of “volkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishvolkanvolcano
2Frenchvolcanvolcano
3Spanishvolcánvolcano
4Italianvulcanovolcano
5LatinVulcānusVulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods
6Ancient GreekὀδώνIonic form of ὀδούς
Every word from Ancient Greek ὀδώνEvery word from Latin VulcānusEvery word from Italian vulcano
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