English
ghost chili pepper
Ghost chili pepper comes from Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া ‘Bhutanese chili’.
- Assamesemodernভোট-জলকীয়াbhüt-zolokia‘Bhutanese chili’
- Englishtodayghost chili pepper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Assamesemodernভোট-জলকীয়াbhüt-zolokia‘Bhutanese chili’
- Englishtodayghost chili pepper
A compound of ghost + chili pepper
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-
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Proto-Germanic *gaistaz ‘terror’
Proto-West Germanic *gaist ‘ghost’
Old English gāst ‘breath’
Middle English gost ‘a spiritual being’
English ghost
Every English word from Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া
Today it means
noun Synonym of bhut jolokia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া / ghost chili pepper