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Where does “šnʾhtn'” come from?

šnʾhtn' (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

šnʾhtn' (Middle Persian): to recognize, to know

Definitions

  1. to recognize, to know

Ancestry of “šnʾhtn'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “šnʾhtn'”

  • шинохтан
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →