Where does “Ahrimanian” come from?
Ahrimanian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.
Ahrimanian (English): Of or relating to Ahriman
Definitions
- Of or relating to Ahriman
Ancestry of “Ahrimanian”, step by step
Ahrimanian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Ahriman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ahriman | The hypostasis of chaos, destruction and evil |
| 2 | Persian | اهریمن | devil |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 | — |
| 4 | Avestan | 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 | Angra Mainyu |
| 5 | Avestan | 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 | spirit |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | mányuš | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mányuš | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |