Where does “kidini” come from?

kidini (Swahili) comes from Swahili dini, from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.

kidini (Swahili): religious

Definitions

  1. religious

Ancestry of “kidini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilidinireligion
2Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
3Pahlavidēn—
4Old Persian*dainah—
5Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →