Where does “Navid” come from?

Navid (English) comes from Persian نوید, from Middle Persian nwyk', from Proto-Iranian wayd-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “Navid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنویدpromise; good news
2Middle Persiannwyk'—
3Proto-Iranianwayd-to know; to find
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwayd-to know; to find
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayd- →Every word from Proto-Iranian wayd- →