Where does “damat” come from?

damat (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish داماد, from Classical Persian داماد, from Middle Persian dʾmʾt', from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼, from Proto-Iranian jā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- — to marry.

damat (Turkish): bridegroom; son-in-law; the husband of one's...

Definitions

  1. bridegroom; son-in-law; the husband of one's...

Ancestry of “damat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدامادbridegroom; son-in-law; sovereign's...
2Classical Persianداماد—
3Middle Persiandʾmʾt'—
4Old Persian𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼—
5Proto-Iranianjā́mātāson-in-law
6Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́mātāson-in-law
7Proto-Indo-European*ȷ́ā́mātā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry

Words derived from “damat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ā́mātā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́mātā →