Where does “دل” come from?

دل (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

دل (Persian): heart; mind; courage

Definitions

  1. heart; mind; courage

Ancestry of “دل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jā́rdheart
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰā́rdheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “دل”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd →