Where does “خواندن” come from?

خواندن (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *hwanH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

خواندن (Persian): to read; to recite; to sing

Definitions

  1. to read; to recite; to sing

Ancestry of “خواندن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*hwanH-—
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*swanH-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound

Words derived from “خواندن”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *hwanH- →