Zend

The story

1. Avestan · derived from𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌“understanding”
2. Middle Persian · borrowed fromznd“understanding, interpretation”
3. English todayZend

Via Zoroastrian Middle Persian znd (zand, “understanding, interpretation”), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (zainti, “understanding”), from Avestan verbal root 𐬰𐬀𐬥- (zan-, “to know, to understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Words from the same roots