Where does “handāxtan” come from?
handāxtan (Pahlavi) comes from Proto-Iranian ham-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “handāxtan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Iranian | ham- | together, joint, paired |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sam- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |