Where does “şadırvan” come from?
şadırvan (Turkish) comes from Persian شادروان, from Persian روان, from French Rouen, from Old French Roem, from Latin Rotomagus, from Gaulish Ratumacos, from Gaulish magos, from Proto-Celtic magos — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “şadırvan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | شادروان | a large veil, curtain or tapestry suspended... |
| 2 | Persian | روان | fluid; flowing; fluent |
| 3 | French | Rouen | — |
| 4 | Old French | Roem | — |
| 5 | Latin | Rotomagus | The chief city of the Veliocasses in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Rouen |
| 6 | Gaulish | Ratumacos | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | magos | field |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | magos | plain, field |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |