Where does “رانندگی” come from?

رانندگی (Persian) comes from Persian راننده, from Persian راندن, from Proto-Iranian *Har-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

رانندگی (Persian): driving

Definitions

  1. driving

Ancestry of “رانندگی”, step by step

رانندگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian راننده

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianرانندهdriver
2Persianراندنto ride
3Proto-Iranian*Har-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Persian ـگی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Har- →Every word from Persian راندن →