Where does “دژمن” come from?

دژمن (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *dušmánāh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās, from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēs — ill-disposed.

دژمن (Central Kurdish): enemy

Definitions

  1. enemy

Ancestry of “دژمن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*dušmánāhill-dispositioned, hostile
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*dušmánāsill-dispositioned
3Proto-Indo-European*dusmenēsill-disposed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās →Every word from Proto-Iranian *dušmánāh →