Where does “مێخ” come from?

مێخ (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *mayū́xah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayū́kʰas — peg, nail.

مێخ (Central Kurdish): nail (metal fastener)

Definitions

  1. nail (metal fastener)

Ancestry of “مێخ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*mayū́xah—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmayū́kʰaspeg, nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayū́kʰas →Every word from Proto-Iranian *mayū́xah →