Where does “biber” come from?
biber (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish biber, from Greek πιπέρι, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
biber (Serbo-Croatian): pepper
Ancestry of “biber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | biber | — |
| 2 | Greek | πιπέρι | pepper |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 5 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |