Where does “Darja” come from?
Darja (Latvian) comes from Russian Да́рья, from Ancient Greek Δᾱρεῖος, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian dāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰor-éye-ti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ancestry of “Darja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Да́рья | Daria |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Δᾱρεῖος | — |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 | — |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 | to hold, have |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | dāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰāráyati | to bear, hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰor-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |