Where does “text” come from?

text (Kurdish) comes from Persian تخت, from Middle Persian tʾht', from Proto-Iranian *táxtah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táktas, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

text (Kurdish): throne; bed; wood, tree

Definitions

  1. throne; bed; wood, tree

Ancestry of “text”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتختflat; throne; capital
2Middle Persiantʾht'throne
3Proto-Iranian*táxtah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*táktas—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táktas →Every word from Proto-Iranian *táxtah →