Where does “𐎴𐎭” come from?

𐎴𐎭 (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian nad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nada, from Proto-Indo-European nedo- — reed.

Ancestry of “𐎴𐎭”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniannad-to sound, make noise
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*nada
3Proto-Indo-Europeannedo-reed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nedo-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nadaEvery word from Proto-Iranian nad-