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Where does “هخامنش” come from?

هخامنش (Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Ancestry of “هخامنش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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