Where does “Pirene” come from?

Pirene (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پیرنه, from French Pyrénées, from Middle French montaignes Pyrenees, from Latin montes, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Pirene (Turkish): the Pyrenees

Definitions

  1. the Pyrenees

Ancestry of “Pirene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپیرنهthe Pyrenees
2FrenchPyrénées—
3Middle Frenchmontaignes Pyrenees—
4Latinmontesnominative plural of mōns; accusative plural of...
5Latinmōnsmountain, mount
6Proto-Italic*monts—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Proto-Italic *monts →Every word from Latin mōns →
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