Where does “اندیشکده” come from?

اندیشکده (Persian) comes from Persian ـکده, from Persian کده, from Middle Persian ktk' — house.

اندیشکده (Persian): a think tank

Definitions

  1. a think tank

Ancestry of “اندیشکده”, step by step

اندیشکده traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـکده

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـکدهthe place of
2Persianکدهhouse
3Middle Persianktk'house

via Persian اندیش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاندیش—
Every word from Middle Persian ktk' →Every word from Persian کده →Every word from Persian ـکده →