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Where does “spl” come from?
spl (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian *sparah.
spl
(Middle Persian): shield
Definitions
shield
Ancestry of “spl”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Persian
*sparah
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Words derived from “spl”
سپر
siper
सिपर
सिपर
𑆱𑆴𑆥𑆫𑇀
paniper
Every word from Old Persian *sparah →