Where does “mfiadini” come from?

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

mfiadini (Swahili): martyr

Definitions

  1. martyr

Ancestry of “mfiadini”, step by step

mfiadini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili dini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilidinireligion
2Arabicدِينjudgement; religion; faith
3Pahlavidēn—
4Old Persian*dainah—
5Proto-Indo-IraniandʰayHanā-—

via Swahili fia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwahilifiaApplicative form of -fa: to die; to love someone...
2Bantu*-kúɪda—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā- →Every word from Old Persian *dainah →Every word from Pahlavi dēn →