Where does “پەرمان” come from?

پەرمان (Uyghur) comes from Persian فرمان, from Middle Persian plmʾn', from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

پەرمان (Uyghur): order, decree

Definitions

  1. order, decree

Ancestry of “پەرمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianفرمانcommand, order; decree, edict; steering wheel
2Middle Persianplmʾn'order, command
3Old Persian𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠command
4Proto-Indo-IranianpramaHnam—
5Proto-Indo-European*meh₁nom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam →