Where does “sitar” come from?

sitar (Italian) comes from Persian سه‌تار, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

sitar (Italian): sitar

Definitions

  1. sitar

Ancestry of “sitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسه‌تارsetar
2PersianسهAPI •; three; black
3Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
4Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →