Where does “بان” come from?

بان (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

بان (Persian): prince, lord, governor, chief; keeper, guardian;...

Definitions

  1. prince, lord, governor, chief; keeper, guardian;...

Ancestry of “بان”, step by step

بان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wes-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Sanskrit बाण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritबाणa shaft made of a reed, an arrow; the versed sine...

Words derived from “بان

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-