Where does “راز” come from?

راز (Persian) comes from Middle Persian lʾc, from Old Persian *rāzah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian raȷ́ʰ- — to abandon; secret, mystery; to abandon.

راز (Persian): secret; mystery; hornet

Definitions

  1. secret; mystery; hornet

Ancestry of “راز”, step by step

راز traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Persian lʾc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianlʾcsecret, mystery
2Old Persian*rāzah—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianraȷ́ʰ-to abandon; secret, mystery; to abandon

via Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ćš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHrā́ćšking, ruler
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian raȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Old Persian *rāzah →Every word from Middle Persian lʾc →