Where does “U-dơ-bê-ki-xtan” come from?
U-dơ-bê-ki-xtan (Vietnamese) comes from Russian Узбекиста́н, from Uzbek Oʻzbekiston, from Persian ازبکستان, from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Ancestry of “U-dơ-bê-ki-xtan”, step by step