Where does “اصفهان” come from?

اصفهان (Persian) comes from Persian سپاهان, from Pahlavi spāhān, 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 “اصفهان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسپاهان—
2Pahlavispāhān—
3Old MedianSpādānah—
4Old Persian𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭—
5Proto-Iranian*cwáHdaharmy
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—

Words derived from “اصفهان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah →