RE : Re: [tied] etymology of Persian

From: gknysh
Message: 50332
Date: 2007-10-17

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, patrick cuadrado <dicoceltique@...>
wrote:
>
> thanks geogre
> but my ask was :
> what does it means the word "Perse" so "Parthe"
> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=perse&searchmode=none
>
> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=parthian&searchmode=none
>
> i think Perisan and Parthian got the same roots
> but i don't find etymology

****GK: Old Persian "Parsa" supposedly meant "above
reproach". "Parthava" is allegedly a dialectic variant. But I got
these from Wikipedia.****