Where does “نیشان” come from?

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

نیشان (Persian): sign, mark

Definitions

  1. sign, mark

Ancestry of “نیشان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiannyšʾn'mark, sign; banner
2Proto-Iranianni-down
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
4Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

Words derived from “نیشان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Proto-Iranian ni- →