Where does “драм” come from?
драм (Russian) comes from Ottoman Turkish درهم, from Persian درهم, from Arabic دِرْهَم, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭, from Ancient Greek δραχμή, from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.
драм (Russian): dram; genitive plural of дра́ма
Definitions
- dram; genitive plural of дра́ма
Ancestry of “драм”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | درهم | — |
| 2 | Persian | درهم | — |
| 3 | Arabic | دِرْهَم | — |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 | drachm |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δραχμή | drachma; drachm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δράσσομαι | to grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dreǵʰ- | to be unwilling, vexed |