Where does “duvar” come from?

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

duvar (Serbo-Croatian): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “duvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدیوارwall
2Old Anatolian Turkishدیوار—
3Persianدیوارwall
4Middle Persiandywʾlwall
5Old Persian*-wāra—
Every word from Old Persian *-wāra →Every word from Middle Persian dywʾl →Every word from Persian دیوار →