Where does “تختخواب” come from?

تختخواب (Persian) comes from Persian خواب, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡, from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati, from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

تختخواب (Persian): bed furniture for sleeping

Definitions

  1. bed furniture for sleeping

Ancestry of “تختخواب”, step by step

تختخواب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خواب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخوابdream; sleep; asleep
2Middle Persian𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡—
3Proto-Iranian*hwápatito sleep
4Proto-Indo-Iranianswápati—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswép-e-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

via Persian تخت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتختflat; throne; capital
2Middle Persiantʾht'throne
3Proto-Iranian*táxtah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*táktas—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swép-e-ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swápati →