Where does “مرغ” come from?
مرغ (Classical Persian) comes from Middle Iranian murγ, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás — a forest animal.
Ancestry of “مرغ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Iranian | murγ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | *mr̥gáh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mr̥gás | a forest animal |