Where does “راهوار” come from?
راهوار (Persian) comes from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
راهوار (Persian): sauntering, ambling
Ancestry of “راهوار”, step by step
راهوار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـوار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـوار | used to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian راه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | راه | road; way; path |
| 2 | Middle Persian | lʾs | way; road, way |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | Hrāθáh | road, way |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrātʰás | chariot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |