Where does “ماسیگرە” come from?

ماسیگرە (Central Kurdish) comes from Central Kurdish ماسیگر, from Central Kurdish ماسی, from Proto-Iranian mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mátsyas — fish.

ماسیگرە (Central Kurdish): kingfisher (Alcedinidae)

Definitions

  1. kingfisher (Alcedinidae)

Ancestry of “ماسیگرە”, step by step

ماسیگرە traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Kurdish ماسیگر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishماسیگرfisherman
2Central Kurdishماسیfish
3Proto-Iranianmácyah—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmátsyasfish

via Central Kurdish ـە

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Kurdishـە—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mátsyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian mácyah →Every word from Central Kurdish ماسی →