Where does “šubān” come from?

šubān (Pahlavi) comes from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

Ancestry of “šubān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persianfšupāna-—
2Old Persianfšu-sheep

Words derived from “šubān”

Every word from Old Persian fšu- →Every word from Old Persian fšupāna- →