Where does “دين” come from?

دين (Algerian Arabic) comes from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.

Ancestry of “دين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
2Pahlavidēn—
3Old Persian*dainah—
4Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—

Words derived from “دين”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →