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Where does “spāhān” come from?

spāhān (Pahlavi) comes from Old Median Spādānah, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

Ancestry of “spāhān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old MedianSpādānah—
2Old Persian𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭—
3Proto-Iranian*cwáHdah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—
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