Where does “لوند” come from?

لوند (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Italian levante, from Italian levarsi, from Latin levāns, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

لوند (Ottoman Turkish): scapegrace, scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, a person without honour or virtue

Definitions

  1. scapegrace, scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, a person without honour or virtue

Ancestry of “لوند”, step by step

لوند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian levante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlevanterising; east; levanter
2Italianlevarsireflexive of levare; to get up, stand up; to take...
3Latinlevānslifting, raising
4Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
5Latinlēvislight, not heavy
6Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Persian لوند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلوندcoquettish, flirtatious

Words derived from “لوند”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis →