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Where does “𐎺𐏁𐎴” come from?

𐎺𐏁𐎴 (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *wašnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wašnas, from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.

𐎺𐏁𐎴 (Old Persian): will, favor

Definitions

  1. will, favor

Ancestry of “𐎺𐏁𐎴”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*wašnah—
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*wašnas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweḱ-to wish, to want

Words derived from “𐎺𐏁𐎴”

  • 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠
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