Where does “زیست‌شناسی” come from?

زیست‌شناسی (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.

زیست‌شناسی (Persian): biology

Definitions

  1. biology

Ancestry of “زیست‌شناسی”, step by step

زیست‌شناسی 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 زیست

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزیستlife; existence
2Persianزیستنto live
3Proto-IranianǰáyHati—
4Proto-Indo-IranianǰáyHati—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →