Where does “راوند” come from?

راوند (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ریوند, from Middle Persian rēwand, from Middle Persian lypʾs, from Proto-Iranian (h)rabā́š, from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.

راوند (Ottoman Turkish): any plant of the genus Rheum, especially rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum)

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Rheum, especially rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum)

Ancestry of “راوند”, step by step

راوند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ریوند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianریوندrhubarb (roots)
2Middle Persianrēwand—
3Middle Persianlypʾsrhubarb
4Proto-Iranian(h)rabā́šrhubarb; fennel
5Proto-Indo-Iranian(s)rabʰā́ćš—
6Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-eḱés—

via Classical Persian ریوند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianریوند—

Words derived from “راوند”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš →