Etymology Explorer โ€บ Old Persian

Where does โ€œ๐Žบ๐๐Žด๐Ž โ€ come from?

๐Žบ๐๐Žด๐Ž  (Old Persian) comes from Old Persian ๐Žบ๐๐Žด, from Proto-Iranian *waลกnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waลกnas, from Proto-Indo-European weแธฑ- โ€” to wish, to want.

๐Žบ๐๐Žด๐Ž  (Old Persian): by the grace of, by the greatness of, by the will...

Definitions

  1. by the grace of, by the greatness of, by the will...

Ancestry of โ€œ๐Žบ๐๐Žด๐Ž โ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian๐Žบ๐๐Žดwill, favor
2Proto-Iranian*waลกnahโ€”
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*waลกnasโ€”
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweแธฑ-to wish, to want
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weแธฑ- โ†’