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Where does “hwʾstn'” come from?

hwʾstn' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

hwʾstn' (Middle Persian): to seek, to want, to desire; to attract, to...

Definitions

  1. to seek, to want, to desire; to attract, to...

Ancestry of “hwʾstn'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

Words derived from “hwʾstn'”

  • خواستن
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