Where does “yangın merdiveni” come from?
yangın merdiveni (Turkish) comes from Turkish merdiven, from Persian نردبان, from Persian نرد, from Persian نردشیر, from Middle Persian nywʾlthšyl, from Middle Persian nyw, from Old Persian 𐎴𐎡𐎲, from Proto-Iranian naybah.
yangın merdiveni (Turkish): fire escape
Definitions
- fire escape
Ancestry of “yangın merdiveni”, step by step
yangın merdiveni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish merdiven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | merdiven | stair, staircase, stairway; ladder |
| 2 | Persian | نردبان | ladder; staircase, steps |
| 3 | Persian | نرد | backgammon |
| 4 | Persian | نردشیر | backgammon |
| 5 | Middle Persian | nywʾlthšyl | backgammon |
| 6 | Middle Persian | nyw | good, brave, valiant |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎴𐎡𐎲 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | naybah | blessed, fortunate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | naybʰah | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | neybʰ- | blessed, holy, fortunate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 12 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Turkish yangın
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | yangın | fire, conflagration, the occurence of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یانغین | burnt, scorched, singed, dried or damaged by excessive exposure to sunlight or heat |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | یانمق | to be burnt, suffer |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | yan- | to burn |