Where does “iştir” come from?
iştir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اشتیر, from Bulgarian щир, from Greek στείρος, from Ancient Greek στεῖρος, from Proto-Hellenic steřřos, from Proto-Indo-European ster-yos, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
iştir (Turkish): upright goosefoot (Oxybasis urbica – until 2012 Chenopodium urbicum)
Definitions
- upright goosefoot (Oxybasis urbica – until 2012 Chenopodium urbicum)
Ancestry of “iştir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اشتیر | blite (Amaranthus gen. et spp., particularly Amaranthus blitum) |
| 2 | Bulgarian | щир | amaranth (Amaranthus gen. et spp.) |
| 3 | Greek | στείρος | infertile, sterile, barren unable to procreate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στεῖρος | barren, infertile |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | steřřos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ster-yos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |