Where does “whʾl” come from?
whʾl (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wásr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.
Ancestry of “whʾl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼 | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | *wáhār | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wásr̥ | spring |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wósr̥ | spring |
Words derived from “whʾl”