Where does “نان” come from?

نان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian نان, from Middle Persian LHMA, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

نان (Ottoman Turkish): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “نان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنانbread, including the kind called naan in English...
2Middle PersianLHMAbread; food
3Proto-Iraniannagna-—
4Proto-Iranianni—

Words derived from “نان”

Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →Every word from Proto-Iranian nagna- →Every word from Middle Persian LHMA →