Where does “فندقجی” come from?
فندقجی (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.
فندقجی (Ottoman Turkish): grower, trader, or seller of hazelnuts
Definitions
- grower, trader, or seller of hazelnuts
Ancestry of “فندقجی”, step by step
فندقجی 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 |