Where does “???” come from?
??? (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian ?????, from Proto-Iranian dáhyuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dásyuš, from Proto-Indo-European des- — to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel.
??? (Middle Persian): country, land, village
Ancestry of “???”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | ????? | land, country |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | dáhyuš | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dásyuš | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | des- | to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel |