Word Origin Summary

Mehherei is attested in Dongxiang. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. mušarûAkkadianderived from
2. 𒈬𒊬𒊏Sumerianderived from
3. *mey-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
4. 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀Avestanderived from
5. *mitrásProto-Indo-Iranianinherited from
6. 𐎷𐎰𐎼Old Persianderived from
7. *mitraProto-Indo-Iranianderived from
8. *miθráhProto-Indo-Iranianderived from

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