Where does “تخت جمشید” come from?
تخت جمشید (Persian) comes from Persian تخت, from Middle Persian tʾht', from Proto-Iranian *táxtah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táktas, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
Ancestry of “تخت جمشید”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | تخت | flat; throne; capital |
| 2 | Middle Persian | tʾht' | throne |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *táxtah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *táktas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |