Where does “????” come from?

???? (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.

???? (Middle Persian): new, recent

Definitions

  1. new, recent

Ancestry of “????”, step by step

???? traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European néwos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
2Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Proto-Indo-Iranian náwas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniannáwasnew
2Proto-Indo-European*néwos—

Words derived from “????”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European new- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwos →