köken: From the Hellenistic Koine Greek τηγανητόν (tēganētón), neuter of *τηγανητός. By surface analysis, τηγάνι (tigáni, “frying pan”) + -ητός (-itós, form of -τός, suffix for adjectives). Also see the Hellenistic synonym τηγανιστός (tēganistós).
köken: Apparently from a Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/ʔ-r(ə/a)w (“to fry, roast, cook”) (STEDT #5862, though none of its reflexes have been hyperlinked to it within the STEDT database). Compare Old Chinese 烄 (OC *keːws, *kreːwʔ, “to burn (on a pyre)”), 燎 (OC *rew, *rewʔ, *rews, “to hunt at night with torches, burn, make burnt offering”). Despite superficial similarity, apparently unrelated to 炒 (OC *sʰroːʔ,…