Where does “یخچال” come from?

یخچال (Persian) comes from Persian یخ, from Proto-Iranian *Háyxam, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.

یخچال (Persian): refrigerator; glacier; yakhchal, icehouse

Definitions

  1. refrigerator; glacier; yakhchal, icehouse

Ancestry of “یخچال”, step by step

یخچال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian یخ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیخice
2Proto-Iranian*Háyxamice, frost
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eyH-ice, frost

via Persian چال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچالpit; hole; lair

Words derived from “یخچال”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Háyxam →Every word from Persian یخ →