Where does “defne” come from?
defne (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish دفنه, from Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
defne (Turkish): bay laurel
Definitions
- bay laurel
Ancestry of “defne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دفنه | — |
| 2 | Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay; bay, bay leaf; victory, triumph |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 7 | Egyptian | ? | — |