Where does “فَيْرُوز” come from?
فَيْرُوز (Arabic) comes from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pā́ts — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “فَيْرُوز”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 2 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 3 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 4 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 5 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |