Where does “чемода́н” come from?
чемода́н (Russian) comes from Persian جامهدان, from Persian دان, from Persian دانستن, from Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn', from Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “чемода́н”, step by step
Words derived from “чемода́н”