Where does “ddin” come from?

ddin (Kabyle) comes from Moroccan Arabic دين, from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.

ddin (Kabyle): religion

Definitions

  1. religion

Ancestry of “ddin”, step by step

ddin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Moroccan Arabic دين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moroccan Arabicدين—
2Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
3Pahlavidēn—
4Old Persian*dainah—
5Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—

via Algerian Arabic دين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Algerian Arabicدين—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →