Where does “???” come from?
??? (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
??? (Middle Persian): vault
Ancestry of “???”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
Words derived from “???”