Where does “بررسی” come from?

بررسی (Persian) comes from Persian بر, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬, from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

بررسی (Persian): check; verification

Definitions

  1. check; verification

Ancestry of “بررسی”, step by step

بررسی traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianبرAPI •; on; upon
2Middle Persian𐭬𐭣𐭬up, on, over
3Proto-Iranian*upáriabove, over
4Proto-Indo-Aryanupári—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Persian رس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianرسclay, argil
2Persianرسیدنto arrive; to reach; to have time
3Middle Persian𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭲𐭭—
4Old Indo-Aryanrasa-—
5RussianГерасим—
6Ancient GreekΓεράσιμος—
7Ancient Greek-ιμοςAdded to the stems of verbs or verbal nouns in...

via Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
2Middle Persian-yk'—
3Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →