Where does “بهار” come from?
بهار (Classical Persian) comes from Middle Persian whʾl, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wásr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.
Ancestry of “بهار”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | whʾl | — |
| 2 | Old Persian | 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *wáhār | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wásr̥ | spring |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wósr̥ | spring |