Where does “زبانشناسی” come from?
زبانشناسی (Persian) comes from Persian ـشناسی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
زبانشناسی (Persian): linguistics
Definitions
- linguistics
Ancestry of “زبانشناسی”, step by step
زبانشناسی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـشناسی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـشناسی | logy |
| 2 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Persian زبان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زبان | tongue; language |
| 2 | Middle Persian | ŠNA | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *hijwáH | tongue |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH | tongue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |