Where does “جانورشناسی” come from?

جانورشناسی (Persian) comes from Persian جانورشناس, from Persian شناس, from Persian ـشناس, from Persian شناختن, from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

جانورشناسی (Persian): zoology

Definitions

  1. zoology

Ancestry of “جانورشناسی”, step by step

جانورشناسی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian جانورشناس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجانورشناسzoologist
2Persianشناس-logist
3Persianـشناسlogist
4Persianشناختنto know, to be acquainted with; to acknowledge;...
5Middle Persian𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭to recognize, to know
6Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

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 ǵneh₃-Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭