Where does “ज़िम्मेदार” come from?
ज़िम्मेदार (Hindi) comes from Persian ذمه دار, from Persian ـدار, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian dāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰor-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
ज़िम्मेदार (Hindi): responsible
Ancestry of “ज़िम्मेदार”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | ذمه دار | — |
| 2 | Persian | ـدار | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 | to hold, have |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | dāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰor-éye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |