Where does “ਹਜ਼ਾਰ” come from?
ਹਜ਼ਾਰ (Punjabi) comes from Persian هزار, from Middle Persian hcʾl, from Proto-Iranian hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
ਹਜ਼ਾਰ (Punjabi): a thousand; one thousand
Ancestry of “ਹਜ਼ਾਰ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | هزار | thousand |
| 2 | Middle Persian | hcʾl | thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | hajáhram | one thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | saȷ́ʰásram | one thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-ǵʰéslom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |