Where does “فول” come from?

فول (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Greek φώλι, from Ancient Greek φωλεός — den, lair.

فول (Ottoman Turkish): nest egg, an egg or egg-shaped object placed at a spot for a hen to lay her eggs there

Definitions

  1. nest egg, an egg or egg-shaped object placed at a spot for a hen to lay her eggs there

Ancestry of “فول”, step by step

فول traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek φώλι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekφώλι—
2Ancient Greekφωλεόςden, lair

via Arabic فُول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفُولfava bean, fava

Words derived from “فول”

Every word from Ancient Greek φωλεός →Every word from Greek φώλι →