Where does “گلاب” come from?
گلاب (Persian) comes from Persian گل, from French gaule, from Middle French gaule, from Old French gaule, from Frankish Walhaland, from Frankish Walha, from Proto-Germanic walhaz, from Latin Volcae — wet, damp.
گلاب (Persian): rosewater; a kind of rose
Definitions
- rosewater; a kind of rose
Ancestry of “گلاب”, step by step
گلاب traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian گل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | گل | rose; flower; the core of a watermelon |
| 2 | French | gaule | pole; fishing pole; boner |
| 3 | Middle French | gaule | Gaul (former name of France) |
| 4 | Old French | gaule | — |
| 5 | Frankish | Walhaland | Gaul, Land of the Romans, foreigners |
| 6 | Frankish | Walha | foreigners, Romans, Celts |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | walhaz | foreigner, non-Germanic person |
| 8 | Latin | Volcae | a Gallic tribal confederation; name of a Celtic... |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | wolkos | hawk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | welg- | wet, damp |
via Persian آب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 2 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 4 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 5 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 6 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 7 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |