Where does “سیاه” come from?
سیاه (Persian) comes from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
سیاه (Persian): black; dark-skinned
Ancestry of “سیاه”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
Words derived from “سیاه”