Where does “plmʾn'” come from?
plmʾn' (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
plmʾn' (Middle Persian): order, command
Ancestry of “plmʾn'”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠 | command |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pramaHnam | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *meh₁nom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |
Words derived from “plmʾn'”