Where does “pəncə” come from?

pəncə (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian پنجه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

pəncə (Azerbaijani): paw

Definitions

  1. paw

Ancestry of “pəncə”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنجهpaw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah—
5Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →