Where does “” come from?

饢 (Chinese) comes from Uyghur نان, from Persian نان, from Middle Persian LHMA, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurنانnaan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...
2Persianنانbread, including the kind called naan in English...
3Middle PersianLHMAbread; food
4Proto-Iraniannagna-
5Proto-Iranianni
Every word from Proto-Iranian niEvery word from Proto-Iranian nagna-Every word from Middle Persian LHMA