Where does “yer fıstığı” come from?

yer fıstığı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یر فستغی, from Ottoman Turkish فستق, from Persian فستق, from Arabic فِسْتَق, from Middle Persian pstk', from Old Persian *pistaka.

yer fıstığı (Turkish): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “yer fıstığı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیر فستغیpeanut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea
2Ottoman Turkishفستقpistachio, the nutlike fruit produced by any tree in the species Pistacia vera
3Persianفستق
4Arabicفِسْتَق
5Middle Persianpstk'pistachio nut
6Old Persian*pistaka
Every word from Old Persian *pistakaEvery word from Middle Persian pstk'Every word from Arabic فِسْتَق
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