Where does “spahi” come from?

spahi (French) comes from Turkish sipahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی, from Persian سپاهی, from Persian سپاه, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

spahi (French): A spahi

Definitions

  1. A spahi

Ancestry of “spahi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishsipahiOttoman cavalry
2Ottoman Turkishسپاهیsipahi, a feudal cavalryman in the Ottoman Turkish army
3Persianسپاهیsoldier; cavalryman; sepoy
4Persianسپاهarmy
5Proto-Iranian*cwáHdaharmy
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—

Words derived from “spahi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah →