Where does “ایل” come from?

ایل (Persian) comes from Proto-Turkic ēl — realm.

ایل (Persian): clan

Definitions

  1. clan

Ancestry of “ایل”, step by step

ایل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic ēl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicēlrealm

via Arabic أُيَّل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأُيَّل—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ēl →