Where does “زلزله‌شناس” come from?

زلزله‌شناس (Persian) comes from Persian ـشناس, from Persian شناختن, from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

زلزله‌شناس (Persian): seismologist

Definitions

  1. seismologist

Ancestry of “زلزله‌شناس”, step by step

زلزله‌شناس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـشناس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـشناسlogist
2Persianشناختنto know, to be acquainted with; to acknowledge;...
3Middle Persian𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭to recognize, to know
4Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Persian زلزله

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزلزلهearthquake, seism
2Arabicزَلْزَلَة—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 →