Where does “arpagic” come from?
arpagic (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرپهجق, from Ottoman Turkish آرپه, 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.
arpagic (Romanian): chive
Definitions
- chive
Ancestry of “arpagic”, step by step
arpagic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish آرپهجق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آرپهجق | stye eyelid inflammation |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آرپه | barley (Hordeum vulgare) |
| 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 | — |
via Bulgarian арпаджик
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | арпаджик | — |