Where does “ناشناس” come from?

ناشناس (Persian) comes from Persian شناس, from Persian ـشناس, from Persian شناختن, from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

ناشناس (Persian): unknown, unidentified

Definitions

  1. unknown, unidentified

Ancestry of “ناشناس”, step by step

ناشناس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian شناس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشناس-logist
2Persianـشناسlogist
3Persianشناختنto know, to be acquainted with; to acknowledge;...
4Middle Persian𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭to recognize, to know
5Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Persian ناـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianناـun-, non-, in
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 →