Where does “مردم‌شناسی” come from?

مردم‌شناسی (Persian) comes from Persian ـشناسی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

مردم‌شناسی (Persian): anthropology

Definitions

  1. anthropology

Ancestry of “مردم‌شناسی”, step by step

مردم‌شناسی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـشناسی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـشناسیlogy
2PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3Middle Persian-yk'—
4Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Persian مردم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمردمhuman; people
2Middle Persianmltwm'mankind, people
3Proto-Iranianmártyahman
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmártyasmortal, man
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →