Where does “پزشکی” come from?

پزشکی (Persian) comes from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

پزشکی (Persian): medicine (as a subject of study)

Definitions

  1. medicine (as a subject of study)

Ancestry of “پزشکی”, step by step

پزشکی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
2Middle Persian-yk'—
3Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Persian پزشک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپزشکdoctor; physician
2Middle Persianbcšk'—
3Proto-Iranianbišajkahdoctor, physician
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰiš-to, heal cure; medicine, medicinal herb

Words derived from “پزشکی”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →