English
Pickaxe Mountain
Pickaxe Mountain comes from Persian کوه کلنگگزلا.
- Persianc. 900–presentکوه کلنگگزلا
- EnglishtodayPickaxe Mountain
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Persianc. 900–presentکوه کلنگگزلا
- EnglishtodayPickaxe Mountain
A compound of pickaxe + mountain
Proto-Germanic *pīkaz ‘sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak’
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Latin picōsa
Anglo-Norman *pikeis
Middle English pikeyse
Middle English pykeaxe
English pickaxe
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stand out, tower’
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Latin mōns ‘mountain, mount’
Early Medieval Latin montānia
Anglo-Norman muntaine
Middle English mountayne ‘a mountain’
English mountain
Every English word from Persian کوه کلنگگزلا
Today it means
name A mountain in the Zagros Mountains, located in Isfahan Province, Iran
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Persian کوه کلنگگزلا / Pickaxe Mountain