Where does “فستق” come from?

فستق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian فستق, from Arabic فِسْتَق, from Middle Persian pstk', from Old Persian *pistaka.

فستق (Ottoman Turkish): pistachio, the nutlike fruit produced by any tree in the species Pistacia vera

Definitions

  1. pistachio, the nutlike fruit produced by any tree in the species Pistacia vera

Ancestry of “فستق”, step by step

فستق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian فستق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianفستق—
2Arabicفِسْتَق—
3Middle Persianpstk'pistachio nut
4Old Persian*pistaka—

via Arabic فُسْتُق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفُسْتُقpistachio

Words derived from “فستق”

Every word from Old Persian *pistaka →Every word from Middle Persian pstk' →Every word from Arabic فِسْتَق →