Where does “زمستان” come from?

زمستان (Baluchi) comes from Proto-Iranian *jimáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéyōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

زمستان (Baluchi): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “زمستان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jimáhwinter
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰimáscold, frost; winter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéyōmwinter; year; frost, snow
4Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
5Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéyōm →