Where does “استالینگرا” come from?
استالینگرا (Persian) comes from Persian استالین, from Russian Ста́лин, from Russian сталь, from Dutch staal, from Middle Dutch stael, from Old French estal, from Middle Dutch stal, from Old Dutch stāl — to stand.
استالینگرا (Persian): Stalinist
Definitions
- Stalinist
Ancestry of “استالینگرا”, step by step
استالینگرا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian استالین
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | استالین | Stalin |
| 2 | Russian | Ста́лин | Stalin |
| 3 | Russian | сталь | steel |
| 4 | Dutch | staal | steel; sample |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stael | — |
| 6 | Old French | estal | position, place, site; stall, stable |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | stal | standing; market stall; stable |
| 8 | Old Dutch | stāl | — |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stahal | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stahlą | steel |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | stah- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stāk- | stand, pole |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Persian ـگرا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـگرا | a non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in |