Where does “پروانگی” come from?

پروانگی (Persian) comes from Persian گی, from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.

پروانگی (Persian): order; permission; command

Definitions

  1. order; permission; command

Ancestry of “پروانگی”, step by step

پروانگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian گی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگیa gay man, a male homosexual
2EnglishGayoriginally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person
3EnglishQueenA title used before the personal name of a queen
4Middle EnglishqueneA queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...
5Old Englishcwenea woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
6Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
7Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
8Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

via Persian پروانه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپروانهguide, leader; butterfly; caracal, Persian lynx
2Middle Persianplwʾnk'guide, leader
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗnEvery word from Proto-Germanic kwēniz