Where does “sydʾ” come from?
sydʾ (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian cyaHwáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaHwás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱyeh₁-wó-s — dark; deep brown.
sydʾ (Middle Persian): black
Ancestry of “sydʾ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Iranian | cyaHwáh | black-brown, dark brown, dark |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHwás | black-brown, dark-brown, dark |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-wó-s | dark; deep brown |
Words derived from “sydʾ”