Where does “زهرشناسی” come from?

زهرشناسی (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.

زهرشناسی (Persian): toxicology

Definitions

  1. toxicology

Ancestry of “زهرشناسی”, step by step

زهرشناسی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـشناسی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـشناسیlogy
2PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3Middle Persian-yk'—
4Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Persian زهر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزهرpoison; venom
2Middle Persianzʾhlpoison
3Proto-IranianǰaθráHpoison
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →