köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšápā Proto-Iranian *xšápā Proto-Iranian *-yah Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah Classical Persian شامbor. Hindi शाम Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfnyah. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap, “night”); despite phonetic and semantic similarity, not related to Sanskrit श्यामा (śyāmā, “night, shadow”), which…