Where does “دۆلفین” come from?

دۆلفین (Central Kurdish) comes from Arabic دُلْفِين, from Ancient Greek δελφίν, from Ancient Greek δελφύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- — the womb.

دۆلفین (Central Kurdish): dolphin

Definitions

  1. dolphin

Ancestry of “دۆلفین”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدُلْفِين—
2Ancient Greekδελφίν—
3Ancient Greekδελφύςthe womb
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelbʰ-the womb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek δελφύς →Every word from Ancient Greek δελφίν →