Where does “مادر” come from?

مادر (Classical Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠, from Proto-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Ancestry of “مادر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠mother
2Proto-IranianmáHtāmother
3Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “مادر”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā →Every word from Proto-Iranian máHtā →