Where does “سپاه” come from?

سپاه (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

سپاه (Persian): army

Definitions

  1. army

Ancestry of “سپاه”, step by step

سپاه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*cwáHdaharmy
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—

via Middle Persian spʾh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianspʾh—

Words derived from “سپاه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah →