Where does “سیاه سوخته” come from?
سیاه سوخته (Persian) comes from Persian سیاه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
سیاه سوخته (Persian): nigger
Ancestry of “سیاه سوخته”, step by step
سیاه سوخته traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian سیاه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | سیاه | black; dark-skinned |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian سوخته
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | سوخته | burnt |
| 2 | Persian | سوختن | to burn; to suffer; to be lost; be ruined |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |