Etymology Explorer โ€บ Avestan

Where does โ€œ๐ฌ€๐ฌฅ๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€โ€ come from?

๐ฌ€๐ฌฅ๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€ (Avestan) comes from Avestan ๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€, from Proto-Indo-Iranian รกryas โ€” Aryan.

๐ฌ€๐ฌฅ๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€ (Avestan): foreign; non-Aryan

Definitions

  1. foreign; non-Aryan

Ancestry of โ€œ๐ฌ€๐ฌฅ๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€โ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Avestan๐ฌ€๐ฌŒ๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ๐ฌŒ๐ฌ€ethno-linguistic autonym, i.e. Iranian
2Proto-Indo-IranianรกryasAryan
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian รกryas โ†’