Where does “خوێنمژ” come from?

خوێنمژ (Central Kurdish) comes from Central Kurdish خوێن, from Proto-Iranian *wahuHniH — blood.

خوێنمژ (Central Kurdish): bloodsucker

Definitions

  1. bloodsucker

Ancestry of “خوێنمژ”, step by step

خوێنمژ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Kurdish خوێن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishخوێنblood
2Proto-Iranian*wahuHniHblood

via Central Kurdish ـمژ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishـمژ—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wahuHniH →Every word from Central Kurdish خوێن →