köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (stwlg /sturg/), from Proto-Iranian *stūrakah. Cognate to Bactrian στοργο (storgo, “mighty, strong, great”). Minus one stem extension from pairing with the equivalent of بزرگ (bozorg) (like Proto-Slavic *čeršьňa (“sweet cherry”) from alignment with *višьňa (“sour cherry”)) cognate to Sanskrit स्थूर (sthūra, “bulky, massive”). In equivalent meaning with…
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köken: Traditionally from in- (“un-, not”) + gens (“kind, family, race”); something that goes beyond what is natural for its kind. Sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, from an extended form of the oblique stem *m̥ǵh₂- ; this would make it cognate to magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas) and Sanskrit महत् (mahat)
köken: From khổng + lồ: * the first element is Sino-Vietnamese word from 孔 ~ 空 (homophonous alternative form of 孔), meaning "large, grand"; while * the second element is Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 路 (“large, grand”, SV: lộ), its huyền-tone likely resulting from the same historical phonological process which yields doublets like loài & loại from 類 (MC lwijH), từ & tự from 自 (MC dzijH), dùng &…