Where does “شید” come from?
شید (Persian) comes from Urdu شہید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
شید (Persian): bright
Ancestry of “شید”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Urdu | شہید | witness; martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 3 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |