Where does “سپاهان” come from?

سپاهان (Persian) comes from Pahlavi spāhān, from Old Median Spādānah, from Old Persian 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

Ancestry of “سپاهان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pahlavispāhān—
2Old MedianSpādānah—
3Old Persian𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭—
4Proto-Iranian*cwáHdaharmy
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—

Words derived from “سپاهان”

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