Where does “Arpad” come from?
Arpad (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Árpád, from Hungarian árpa, from Proto-Turkic arpa, from Proto-Iranian arpacyaH, from Proto-Iranian Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.
Ancestry of “Arpad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Árpád | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | árpa | barley; stye, hordeolum |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | arpa | barley |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | arpacyaH | barley |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | Hr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -ā́ćš | animal and plant suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eḱés | — |