Where does “sitaristi” come from?

sitaristi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitar, from Persian سه‌تار, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

sitaristi (Finnish): sitarist

Definitions

  1. sitarist

Ancestry of “sitaristi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitarsitar instrument
2Persianسه‌تارsetar
3PersianسهAPI •; three; black
4Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
5Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
6Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →