Where does “Arēvand” come from?
Arēvand (Old Median) comes from Proto-Iranian raivant-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁ís — wealth, goods.
Ancestry of “Arēvand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | raivant- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁ís | wealth, goods |