Where does “پیکر” come from?
پیکر (Persian) comes from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼, from Proto-Iranian patikárah, from Proto-Iranian pati-, from Proto-Iranian *rādi-, from Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
پیکر (Persian): face, countenance; form, figure, mould, model;...
Definitions
- face, countenance; form, figure, mould, model;...
Ancestry of “پیکر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 | picture, image |
| 2 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | patikárah | image, picture; statue; likeness, representation |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “پیکر”