Where does “دنباله” come from?
دنباله (Persian) comes from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
دنباله (Persian): sequence
Ancestry of “دنباله”, step by step
دنباله traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian دنبال
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | دنبال | rear; behind |
| 2 | Persian | دنب | tail |
| 3 | Middle Persian | dwm(b') | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dewmbʰ- | penis, tail, rod |