Where does “Ксеркс” come from?

Ксеркс (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā — man.

Ксеркс (Serbo-Croatian): Xerxes

Definitions

  1. Xerxes

Ancestry of “Ксеркс”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΞέρξηςthe name of two kings of Persia
2Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠ruler among kings
3Old Persian*(w)r̥šāman
Every word from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης →
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