Where does “زنگبار” come from?
زنگبار (Persian) comes from Persian بار, from French bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
زنگبار (Persian): Zanzibar
Definitions
- Zanzibar
Ancestry of “زنگبار”, step by step
زنگبار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian بار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 2 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |