Where does “سیماب” come from?
سیماب (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian سیماب, from Persian سیم, from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō — to sit.
سیماب (Ottoman Turkish): mercury, quicksilver
Definitions
- mercury, quicksilver
Ancestry of “سیماب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | سیماب | quicksilver, mercury type of metal |
| 2 | Persian | سیم | wire; silver; thirtieth |
| 3 | Persian | سی | thirty; for; in order to |
| 4 | English | cee | The name of the Latin-script letter C; Something... |
| 5 | Middle English | cee | Alternative form of see |
| 6 | Old French | sei | — |
| 7 | Latin | sēdēs | seat, chair |
| 8 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |