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
Definitions
- black; dark-skinned
Ancestry of “سیاه”, step by step
سیاه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Middle Persian sydʾ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | sydʾ | black |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | cyaHwáh | black-brown, dark brown, dark |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHwás | black-brown, dark-brown, dark |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-wó-s | dark; deep brown |