Where does “nan” come from?

nan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish نان, from Persian نان, from Middle Persian LHMA, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

nan (Turkish): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “nan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishنانbread
2Persianنانbread, including the kind called naan in English...
3Middle PersianLHMAbread; food
4Proto-Iraniannagna-—
5Proto-Iranianni—
Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →Every word from Proto-Iranian nagna- →Every word from Middle Persian LHMA →