Where does “lêpirsîn” come from?

lêpirsîn (Northern Kurdish) comes from Kurdish pirsîn, from Northern Kurdish pirs, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

lêpirsîn (Northern Kurdish): ascertaining, inquiry, investigation

Definitions

  1. ascertaining, inquiry, investigation

Ancestry of “lêpirsîn”, step by step

lêpirsîn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kurdish pirsîn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kurdishpirsînto ask
2Northern Kurdishpirsquestion
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Northern Kurdish lê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishlêbut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Northern Kurdish pirs →