Reconstruction:Old Persian/daryakah

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From *daryah (“golden, yellow”) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix),, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”). Related to word related to 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (daraniyaʰ, “gold”), compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (zaⁱri, “yellowish, golden”). Compare Aramaic ܕܪܝܟܘܢܐ (drykwnʾ), Classical Syriac ܕܪܝܼܟܘܿܢܐ (darykwnʾ), Biblical Hebrew אֲדַרְכּוֹן (adarkon) and Parthian 𐫅𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫃 (dʾryg /⁠dārīg⁠/, “gold coin, Dareikos”).

Noun

*daryakah

1. daric (a gold coin from the Persian Empire)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Δαρεικός (Dareikós)
  • → Latin: daricus
    • → English: daric
    • → French: darique
  • → German: Dareikos, Dareike
  • → Danish: dareik