Where does “زر” come from?

زر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian زر, from Middle Persian zarr, from Parthian zarn, from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

زر (Ottoman Turkish): gold, a yellow chemical element of great value and one of the noble metals

Definitions

  1. gold, a yellow chemical element of great value and one of the noble metals

Ancestry of “زر”, step by step

زر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزرgold; rotation; revolution
2Middle Persianzarrgold
3Parthianzarngold
4Proto-Iranianjr̥Hanyamgold
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰr̥Hanyamgold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃enyom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Arabic زِرّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزِرّ—

Words derived from “زر”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam →