English
ambar
Ambar comes from Persian انبار, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sambʰārás ‘a storage, warehouse, reservoir’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-bʰor-ó-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sambʰārás‘a storage, warehouse, reservoir’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hambāráhreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhambāraʰtransliteratedoriginal script hambāraʰ, a transliterationreconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentانبارanbârby way of Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р, Volga German Ambar
- Englishearliest quotation 1977ambar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-bʰor-ó-sreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sambʰārás‘a storage, warehouse, reservoir’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hambāráhreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhambāraʰtransliteratedoriginal script hambāraʰ, a transliterationreconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentانبارanbârby way of Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р, Volga German Ambar
- Englishearliest quotation 1977ambar
Earliest quotation: 1977, Fred C. Koch, The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas: “Generally the small granary (which the colonists referred to…”
The story
Some uses are directly from Persian انبار (anbâr), others are via Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р (ambár), Volga German Ambar, etc.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, birth, reference, transfer, prefer, broad, bread, relative, suffer, translation, bear, relation, fortune, relate, burden, extraordinary, bar, differ, referendum, frustration, bore, translate, fury, breeze, referee, fertility, borne, barrel, fertile, berth, broom, phosphate, extravagant, barn, baron, fret, phosphorus, euphoria, 159 more
Today it means
noun Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / ambar