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Where does “אִיסְטְוָונָא” come from?

אִיסְטְוָונָא (Aramaic) comes from Pahlavi stūn, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Iranian stuHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian stʰuHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂-uh₂-néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂-wéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

אִיסְטְוָונָא (Aramaic): column, pillar

Definitions

  1. column, pillar

Ancestry of “אִיסְטְוָונָא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pahlavistūn—
2Old Persian𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠column, pillar
3Proto-IranianstuHnáHpillar
4Proto-Indo-IranianstʰuHnáHpillar
5Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂-uh₂-néh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂-wéh₂standing, errect
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “אִיסְטְוָונָא”

  • zaguán
  • أسطوانة
  • إِسْطِوَان
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