Where does “cipayo” come from?

cipayo (Spanish) comes from Portuguese sipaio, from Urdu سپاہی, from Classical Persian سپاهی, from Persian سپاه, from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁.

cipayo (Spanish): sepoy

Definitions

  1. sepoy

Ancestry of “cipayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesipaiosepoy
2Urduسپاہیsoldier
3Classical Persianسپاهی—
4Persianسپاهarmy
5Proto-Iranian*cwáHdaharmy
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwáHdʰaH—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwéh₁-dʰ-o-h₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwáHdʰaH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwáHdah →