Where does “דת” come from?

דת (Hebrew) comes from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶, from Proto-Iranian *daHtáh, from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

דת (Hebrew): religion

Definitions

  1. religion

Ancestry of “דת”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶law
2Proto-Iranian*daHtáhcreated
3Proto-Indo-Europeandh₃tósgiven
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “דת

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tósEvery word from Proto-Iranian *daHtáh