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
Ancestry of “kurde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | کرد | nomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن |
| 2 | Middle Persian | kwrt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerdʰ- | herd, row; file, row, herd |