Etymology Explorer › Kyrgyz

Where does “үмүт” come from?

үмүт (Kyrgyz) comes from Persian امید, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭲, from Proto-Iranian *hamwátiš.

үмүт (Kyrgyz): hope

Definitions

  1. hope

Ancestry of “үмүт”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianامیدhope
2Middle Persian𐭠𐭥𐭬𐭩𐭲—
3Proto-Iranian*hamwátiš—
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