Where does “گذرگاه” come from?

گذرگاه (Persian) comes from Persian ـگاه, from Persian گاه, from Sanskrit घास, from Sanskrit घस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas-.

گذرگاه (Persian): passageway, passage, pass (e.g. through a mountain chain)

Definitions

  1. passageway, passage, pass (e.g. through a mountain chain)

Ancestry of “گذرگاه”, step by step

گذرگاه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـگاه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگاهa suffix forming words of location
2Persianگاهtime; place; throne
3Sanskritघासfood; meadow or pasture grass
4Sanskritघस्to eat, devour
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*gʰas-—

via Persian گذر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگذرpresent stem form of گذشتن
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- →Every word from Sanskrit घस् →Every word from Sanskrit घास →