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
Ancestry of “ddin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Moroccan Arabic | دين | — |
| 2 | Arabic | دِين | judgement; religion; faith |
| 3 | Pahlavi | dēn | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | *dainah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰayHanā- | — |