Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁

← Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (mention)

← Undetermined (mention)

← Undetermined (mention)

→ Persian هخامنش (borrowed)

→ Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (borrowed)

→ Latin Achaemenes (borrowed(la/en))

→ Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 (affix)