Etymograph

English

langgar

Langgar comes from Malay langgar ‘a small mosque’, from Classical Persian لنگر ‘the house or monastery of the Calendars or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- ‘corner, hirn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enk-‘corner, hirn’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγκῡραánkūranext step skipped: Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentلنگرlangar‘the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks’literally ‘anchor’
  4. Malaymodernlanggar‘a small mosque’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enk-‘corner, hirn’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγκῡραánkūranext step skipped: Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentلنگرlangar‘the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks’literally ‘anchor’
  4. Malaymodernlanggar‘a small mosque’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Sense of kitchen from Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”) from the same Persian root above influenced by said Malay loan.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- ‘corner, hirn’

angle, ing, angora, 15 more

Another origin of langgar

  1. Malaymodernlanggar‘to collide’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun An Ismaili shrine and burial site, often decorated with rocks.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- / langgar

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