Where does “gwl” come from?
gwl (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian *vr̥dah, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥dʰos — sweetbriar.
gwl (Middle Persian): flower
Ancestry of “gwl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | *vr̥dah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wr̥dʰos | sweetbriar |