Where does “خودرو” come from?
خودرو (Persian) comes from Persian رو, from Persian روی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
خودرو (Persian): automotive
Definitions
- automotive
Ancestry of “خودرو”, step by step
خودرو traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian رو
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | رو | Colloquial Iranian form of را |
| 2 | Persian | روی | bronze; zinc; face |
| 3 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 5 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via French automobile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 2 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |