Where does “hevaltî” come from?

hevaltî (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish heval, from Proto-Iranian ham-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

hevaltî (Kurdish): friendship

Definitions

  1. friendship

Ancestry of “hevaltî”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishhevalfriend; comrade
2Proto-Iranianham-together, joint, paired
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansam-together, joint, paired
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam- →Every word from Proto-Iranian ham- →