Where does “Зафҟара” come from?
Зафҟара (Ubykh) comes from Adyghe зэфы, from Adyghe къарэ, from Turkish kara, from Ottoman Turkish قاره, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus — and.
Ancestry of “Зафҟара”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adyghe | зэфы | — |
| 2 | Adyghe | къарэ | dark color |
| 3 | Turkish | kara | black, dark; brunette; dark skinned |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | قاره | alternative spelling of قره; terra firma, land,... |
| 5 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 6 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 7 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 8 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 9 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 10 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 11 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 12 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 13 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 14 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |