Where does “kurd” come from?

kurd (Romanian) comes from French Kurde, from Persian کرد, from Middle Persian kwrt, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

kurd (Romanian): Kurd; Kurdish

Definitions

  1. Kurd; Kurdish

Ancestry of “kurd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchKurdeKurd
2Persianکردnomad; Kurd; past stem of کردن
3Middle Persiankwrt—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Middle Persian kwrt →Every word from Persian کرد →