Where does “хондан” come from?

хондан (Tajik) comes from Persian خواندن, from Proto-Iranian *hwanH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH-, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

хондан (Tajik): to read

Definitions

  1. to read

Ancestry of “хондан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخواندنto read; to recite; to sing
2Proto-Iranian*hwanH-—
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*swanH-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swanH- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *hwanH- →