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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄσημονplate, silver
2Ancient Greekἄσημοςuncoined, without marks; pure, unmarked
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “(ʾ)sym

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-