Where does “هِنْدُوکوه” come from?

هِنْدُوکوه (Classical Persian) comes from Persian هندو, from Middle Persian hndwk', from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

Ancestry of “هِنْدُوکوه”, step by step

هِنْدُوکوه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هندو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهندوa Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous...
2Middle Persianhndwk'an Indian
3Middle PersianhndIndia
4Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

via Persian کوه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکوهmountain
2Middle Persian𐭪𐭥𐭯hill, mountain
3Old Persian𐎣𐎢𐎳mountain
4Proto-Iranian*káwfšhill, mountain

Words derived from “هِنْدُوکوه”

Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Middle Persian hndwk' →