Where does “*dušmánāh” come from?

*dušmánāh (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās, from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēs — ill-disposed.

*dušmánāh (Proto-Iranian): ill-dispositioned, hostile

Definitions

  1. ill-dispositioned, hostile

Ancestry of “*dušmánāh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*dušmánāsill-dispositioned
2Proto-Indo-European*dusmenēsill-disposed

Words derived from “*dušmánāh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās →
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