Where does “سیاه‌چال” come from?

سیاه‌چال (Persian) comes from Persian سیاه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

سیاه‌چال (Persian): dungeon

Definitions

  1. dungeon

Ancestry of “سیاه‌چال”, step by step

سیاه‌چال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سیاه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسیاهblack; dark-skinned
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Persian چال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچالpit; hole; lair
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaEvery word from Proto-Iranian -akahEvery word from Persian ـه