Where does “چوبان دكنكی” come from?

چوبان دكنكی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چوبان, from Persian چوپان, from Pahlavi šubān, from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

چوبان دكنكی (Ottoman Turkish): knotgrass, centinode, any annual herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, found in fields

Definitions

  1. knotgrass, centinode, any annual herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, found in fields

Ancestry of “چوبان دكنكی”, step by step

چوبان دكنكی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish چوبان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
2Persianچوپانshepherd
3Pahlavišubān—
4Old Persianfšupāna-—
5Old Persianfšu-sheep

via Ottoman Turkish دكنك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدكنكstick; cane; rod
2Proto-Turkic*tegenek—
Every word from Old Persian fšu- →Every word from Old Persian fšupāna- →Every word from Pahlavi šubān →