Where does “LYLYA” come from?

LYLYA (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱, from Proto-Iranian xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European kʷséps — night.

Ancestry of “LYLYA”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎱night
2Proto-Iranianxšáfšnight
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankšápsnight
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsépsnight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷséps →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáps →Every word from Proto-Iranian xšáfš →