Where does “تختروانچی” come from?
تختروانچی (Persian) comes from Persian تخت روان, from Persian روان, from French Rouen, from Old French Roem, from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish Ratumacos, from Gaulish magos, from Proto-Celtic magos — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “تختروانچی”, step by step
تختروانچی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian تخت روان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | تخت روان | — |
| 2 | Persian | روان | fluid; flowing; fluent |
| 3 | French | Rouen | — |
| 4 | Old French | Roem | — |
| 5 | Latin | Rotomagus | The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen |
| 6 | Gaulish | Ratumacos | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | magos | field |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | magos | plain, field |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |