Where does “سم” come from?

سم (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian cafáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćapʰás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.

سم (Central Kurdish): hoof

Definitions

  1. hoof

Ancestry of “سم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniancafáh—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianćapʰáshoof
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćapʰás →Every word from Proto-Iranian cafáh →