Where does “(ʾ)sym” come from?
(ʾ)sym (Middle Persian) comes from Ancient Greek ἄσημον, from Ancient Greek ἄσημος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “(ʾ)sym”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἄσημον | plate, silver |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄσημος | uncoined, without marks; pure, unmarked |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “(ʾ)sym”