Where does “اسكندر” come from?

اسكندر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian اسکندر, from Pahlavi swkndl, from Arabic إِسْكَنْدَر, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr — man.

اسكندر (Ottoman Turkish): Alexander the great

Definitions

  1. Alexander the great

Ancestry of “اسكندر”, step by step

اسكندر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian اسکندر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاسکندر
2Pahlaviswkndl
3Arabicإِسْكَنْدَر
4Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAlexander
5Ancient Greekἀλέξωto keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,...
6Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
7Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
8Proto-Hellenic*anḗrman

via Arabic اسكندر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاسكندر

Words derived from “اسكندر

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *anḗrEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀνήρEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός