Where does “زیرا” come from?

زیرا (Persian) comes from Persian از, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭭, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎨𐎠, from Proto-Iranian *háčaH, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

زیرا (Persian): because

Definitions

  1. because

Ancestry of “زیرا”, step by step

زیرا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian از

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianازAPI •; from; since
2Middle Persian𐭬𐭭from
3Old Persian𐏃𐎨𐎠from, since
4Proto-Iranian*háčaHoutward, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Persian ایرا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianایراbecause
2Middle Persianʾyd rʾyon account of this, because

Words derived from “زیرا”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *háčaH →Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎨𐎠 →