Where does “برپایی” come from?

برپایی (Persian) comes from Persian برپا, 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.

برپایی (Persian): establishment, act of establishing

Definitions

  1. establishment, act of establishing

Ancestry of “برپایی”, step by step

برپایی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian برپا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبرپاunderway; afoot
2PersianبرAPI •; on; upon
3Middle Persian𐭬𐭣𐭬up, on, over
4Proto-Iranian*upáriabove, over
5Proto-Indo-Aryanupári—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Persian ـیی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـییform of the suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →
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