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Where does “παραδεισιακός” come from?

παραδεισιακός (Byzantine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek παράδεισος, from Proto-Iranian paridayĵah.

Ancestry of “παραδεισιακός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαράδεισοςthe garden owned by the Persian nobility;...
2Proto-Iranianparidayĵah—
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