Where does “dirhem” come from?

dirhem (English) comes from Turkish dirhem, from Ottoman Turkish درهم, from Persian درهم, from Arabic دِرْهَم, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭, from Ancient Greek δραχμή, from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.

dirhem (English): A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously...

Definitions

  1. A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously...

Ancestry of “dirhem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdirhemdirham, dirhem
2Ottoman Turkishدرهم—
3Persianدرهم—
4Arabicدِرْهَم—
5Middle Persian𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭drachm
6Ancient Greekδραχμήdrachma; drachm
7Ancient Greekδράσσομαιto grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek δραχμή →