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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

  1. chive

Ancestry of “arpagic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآرپه‌جق—
2Ottoman Turkishآرپه—
3Proto-Turkicarpabarley
4Proto-IranianarpacyaHbarley
5Proto-IranianHr̥pā́š ~ Hr̥pacáh—
6Proto-Indo-IranianHr̥pā́ćš ~ Hr̥paćás—
7Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-eḱés—
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