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
Ancestry of “duvar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دیوار | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دیوار | — |
| 3 | Persian | دیوار | wall |
| 4 | Middle Persian | dywʾl | wall |
| 5 | Old Persian | *-wāra | — |