Where does “bandıkü” come from?

bandıkü (Talysh) comes from Talysh band, from Proto-Iranian *bandáh.

bandıkü (Talysh): mountain chain

Definitions

  1. mountain chain

Ancestry of “bandıkü”, step by step

bandıkü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Talysh band

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Talyshbandband, tie, fastening, knot
2Proto-Iranian*bandáh—

via Proto-Turkic kü-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickü-to force, to be powerful
Every word from Proto-Iranian *bandáh →Every word from Talysh band →