Where does “نشانگر” come from?

نشانگر (Persian) comes from Persian نشان, from Middle Persian nyšʾn', from Proto-Iranian ni-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

نشانگر (Persian): identifier, marker

Definitions

  1. identifier, marker

Ancestry of “نشانگر”, step by step

نشانگر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نشان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنشانsign, mark; aim, target, butt; medal, order,...
2Middle Persiannyšʾn'mark, sign; banner
3Proto-Iranianni-down
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

via Persian ـگر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگر-er
Every word from Proto-Indo-European niEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Every word from Proto-Iranian ni-