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Where does “soms” come from?

soms (English) comes from English som, from Persian سوم, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

soms (English): plural of som

Definitions

  1. plural of som

Ancestry of “soms”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomThe currency of Uzbekistan; The currency of...
2Persianسومthird
3PersianسهAPI •; three; black
4Old Persian𐏂—
5Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
6Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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