Where does “پریستان” come from?

پریستان (Persian) comes from Persian پری, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

پریستان (Persian): Paristan, Pariestan, a fairyland belonging to the...

Definitions

  1. Paristan, Pariestan, a fairyland belonging to the...

Ancestry of “پریستان”, step by step

پریستان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پری

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپریsprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian...
2Persianپرfull; feather; wing
3Middle Persianpurr—
4Proto-Iranianpr̥Hnáhfull, filled
5Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥Hnásfull, filled
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Persian ستان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianستانland; place; suffix showing "Land of"
2Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
3Old Persian𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴place
4Proto-Iranianstā́nam—
5Proto-Indo-IranianstʰáHnam—
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “پریستان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás →