Etymograph

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Rostam

Rostam comes from Persian رستم ‘Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology’, from Middle Persian lwd ‘river’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sráwtas‘river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hráwtah‘stream, river’reconstructed
  4. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEr-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/transliteratedoriginal script r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/, a transliteration
  5. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CElwd‘river’
  6. Middle Persian, derivedc. 300 BCE–900 CEstʾhmb/⁠stahm⁠/
  7. Middle Persian, derivedc. 300 BCE–900 CElwtsthm
  8. Persianc. 900–presentرستمRostam‘Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology’
  9. EnglishtodayRostam

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sráwtas‘river’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*hráwtah‘stream, river’reconstructed
  4. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEr-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/transliteratedoriginal script r-u-t /⁠rautaʰ⁠⁠/, a transliteration
  5. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CElwd‘river’
  6. Middle Persian, derivedc. 300 BCE–900 CEstʾhmb/⁠stahm⁠/
  7. Middle Persian, derivedc. 300 BCE–900 CElwtsthm
  8. Persianc. 900–presentرستمRostam‘Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology’
  9. EnglishtodayRostam

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’

stream, rhythm, rheumatism, rheumatic, rheumatology, maelstrom, hemorrhoid, rheology, 43 more

Today it means

name A legendary Iranian hero.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srew- / Rostam

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