Where does “dāt” come from?
dāt (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫, from Proto-Iranian *daHtáh, from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “dāt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎭𐎠𐎫 | law |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | *daHtáh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₃tós | given |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |