Where does “بربر” come from?

بربر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic بَرْبَر, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

بربر (Ottoman Turkish): barber; Berbers; inhabitants of the Barbary

Definitions

  1. barber; Berbers; inhabitants of the Barbary

Ancestry of “بربر”, step by step

بربر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic بَرْبَر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَرْبَر—
2Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Venetian barbièr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianbarbièr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Arabic بَرْبَر →