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Where does “berdan” come from?

berdan (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish ber, from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

berdan (Kurdish): to let, allow; to give up, leave, forsake; to...

Definitions

  1. to let, allow; to give up, leave, forsake; to...

Ancestry of “berdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishberstone
2Proto-Iranian*upári—
3Proto-Indo-Aryanupári—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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