Where does “Kurde” come from?

Kurde (French) comes from Persian کرد, from Middle Persian kwrt, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

Kurde (French): Kurd

Definitions

  1. Kurd

Ancestry of “Kurde”, step by step

Kurde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کرد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکردnomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن
2Middle Persiankwrt—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

via Kurdish kurd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KurdishkurdKurd

Words derived from “Kurde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Middle Persian kwrt →Every word from Persian کرد →