Where does “זשאַרגאָן” come from?
זשאַרגאָן (Yiddish) comes from Russian жаргон, from French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Arabic زَرْقُون, from Pahlavi zlgwn', from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom — to flourish; green, yellow.
זשאַרגאָן (Yiddish): jargon; Yiddish
Ancestry of “זשאַרגאָן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | жаргон | jargon; slang, cant |
| 2 | French | jargon | jargon, specialised or unintelligible language;... |
| 3 | Italian | giargone | a kind of colourless zircon, perfectly... |
| 4 | Arabic | زَرْقُون | zircon; minium |
| 5 | Pahlavi | zlgwn' | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | jr̥Hanyam | gold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam | gold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃enyom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
Words derived from “זשאַרגאָן”