Where does “peygamberdevesi” come from?

peygamberdevesi (Turkish) comes from Turkish peygamber, from Ottoman Turkish پیغامبر, from Persian پیغامبر, from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl, from Middle Persian -bl.

peygamberdevesi (Turkish): praying mantis, any of various predatory insects of the order Mantodea, especially Mantis religiosa

Definitions

  1. praying mantis, any of various predatory insects of the order Mantodea, especially Mantis religiosa

Ancestry of “peygamberdevesi”, step by step

peygamberdevesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish peygamber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishpeygamberprophet
2Ottoman Turkishپیغامبرprophet, messenger
3PersianپیغامبرAlternative form of پیغمبر
4Middle Persianpgtʾmblprophet
5Middle Persian-bl—

via Turkish deve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdevecamel; dative singular of dev
2Ottoman Turkishدوهcamel
3Proto-Turkic*tebecamel
Every word from Middle Persian -bl →Every word from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl →Every word from Persian پیغامبر →