Where does “فندق قیران” come from?
فندق قیران (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فندق, from Persian فندق, from Arabic فُنْدُق, from Middle Persian pndk', from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον, from Ancient Greek ποντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
فندق قیران (Ottoman Turkish): nutcracker, a tool designed to open nuts or similar fruits by cracking their shells
Definitions
- nutcracker, a tool designed to open nuts or similar fruits by cracking their shells
Ancestry of “فندق قیران”, step by step
فندق قیران traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish فندق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | فندق | hazelnut, filbert, the nutlike fruit of the tree Corylus avellana |
| 2 | Persian | فندق | hazelnut; inn |
| 3 | Arabic | فُنْدُق | inn, hotel; hotel; hotel; inn; manor house |
| 4 | Middle Persian | pndk' | hazelnut |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ποντικόν κάρυον | hazelnut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ποντικός | Pontic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |