Where does “تخت” come from?

تخت (Urdu) comes from Persian تخت, from Middle Persian tʾht', from Proto-Iranian *táxtah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táktas, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

تخت (Urdu): throne

Definitions

  1. throne

Ancestry of “تخت”, step by step

تخت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian تخت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتختflat; throne; capital
2Middle Persiantʾht'throne
3Proto-Iranian*táxtah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*táktas—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via Classical Persian تخت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianتخت—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táktas →Every word from Proto-Iranian *táxtah →