Where does “مەرمەر” come from?

مەرمەر (Uyghur) comes from Persian مرمر, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος, from Indo-European *mer-.

مەرمەر (Uyghur): marble

Definitions

  1. marble

Ancestry of “مەرمەر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمرمرmarble
2Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
3Indo-European*mer-
Every word from Indo-European *mer-