Where does “urdu” come from?

urdu (Polish) comes from English Urdu, from Urdu اردو, from Serbo-Croatian trk, from Proto-Slavic tъrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European tŕ̥kʷ-os, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

urdu (Polish): Urdu

Definitions

  1. Urdu

Ancestry of “urdu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUrduModern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with...
2Urduاردوof or pertaining to the Urdu language; army, army...
3Serbo-Croatiantrkrun, running
4Proto-Slavictъrkъrun, sprint
5Proto-Indo-Europeantŕ̥kʷ-os—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →