Where does “باستان‌شناسی” come from?

باستان‌شناسی (Persian) comes from Persian ـشناسی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

باستان‌شناسی (Persian): archaeology

Definitions

  1. archaeology

Ancestry of “باستان‌شناسی”, step by step

باستان‌شناسی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـشناسی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـشناسیlogy
2PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3Middle Persian-yk'—
4Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Persian باستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianباستانancient era
2Middle Persian𐭡𐭠𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →