English
Zend
Zend comes from Middle Persian znd ‘understanding, interpretation’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’root as named · steps between not traced
- Avestanmodern𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌zainti‘understanding’
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEznd‘understanding, interpretation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819Zend
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’root as named · steps between not traced
- Avestanmodern𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌zainti‘understanding’
- Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CEznd‘understanding, interpretation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1819Zend
Earliest quotation: 1819, William Erskine, On the Sacred Books and Religion of the Parsis: “[The Avesta] is the only work known to be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, know, could, note, normal, notice, ignore, recognition, narrative, glory, recognize, con, noble, notion, cognitive, ignorant, norm, diagnostic, notorious, keen, ken, notation, nobility, cunning, cognition, prognosis, narration, quaint, gnome, notoriety, notary, incognito, agnostic, canny, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, gnosis, annotate, 92 more
Today it means
name Exegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / Zend