Where does “balcon” come from?

balcon (Zazaki) comes from Sanskrit वङ्गन, from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.

balcon (Zazaki): eggplant

Definitions

  1. eggplant

Ancestry of “balcon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवङ्गनaubergine
2Sanskritवातिङ्गणaubergine
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas →Every word from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण →Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गन →