I just learnt that the Persian pre-Islamic version of the German elf, Celtic fae, Arabic jinn, or Greek nypmh; is the Persian Pari or Paris>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C4%AB#I have a feeling its related to the Hindi word "piari" which translates to "lovely" and "piar" which translates to "love". I wonder if this was the origin of the name "Paris" that we see of the character Paris of Troy, son of King Priam, in the Iliad
Etymology isn't a free association exercise.https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/pairika/
>>18514056Haha, no.It really is just based of free association noticing instinct, which is then corroborated by looking for similar examples elsewhere.
Etymology is not a true science.There are no experiments or control groups.
>>18513976>The word "paradise" entered English from the French paradis, inherited from the Latin paradisus, from Greek parádeisos (παράδεισος), from an Old Iranian form, from Proto-Iranian*parādaiĵah- "walled enclosure", whence Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎹𐎭𐎠𐎶 p-r-d-y-d-a-m /paridaidam/, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 pairi-daêza-.[10][11] The literal meaning of this Old Iranian language word is "walled (enclosure)",[12] from pairi- 'around' (cognate with Greek περί of identical meaning) and -diz "to make, form (a wall), build" (cognate with Greek τεῖχος 'wall').[13][14] The word's etymology is ultimately derived from a PIE root *dheigʷ "to stick and set up (a wall)", and *per "around".Paris are waiting for us in Paradise too once we go through the WHITE light.
