Where does “باد” come from?
باد (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
باد (Persian): wind; Third-person singular present subjunctive...
Definitions
- wind; Third-person singular present subjunctive...
Ancestry of “باد”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | *HwáHatah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HwáHatas | wind |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |