Where does “дувар” come from?

дувар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دیوار, from Old Anatolian Turkish دیوار, from Persian دیوار, from Middle Persian dywʾl, from Old Persian *-wāra.

дувар (Serbo-Croatian): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “дувар”, step by step

дувар traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish دیوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدیوارwall
2Old Anatolian Turkishدیوار—
3Persianدیوارwall
4Middle Persiandywʾlwall
5Old Persian*-wāra—

via Arabic دُعَاء

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدُعَاءprayer; invocation, supplication; supplication
2Arabicدَعَاto call, call upon God, pray; to call on for...
Every word from Old Persian *-wāra →Every word from Middle Persian dywʾl →Every word from Persian دیوار →