Where does “shahidi” come from?
shahidi (Swahili) comes from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
shahidi (Swahili): witness
Ancestry of “shahidi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |