Where does “तनख़्वाह” come from?
तनख़्वाह (Hindi) comes from Persian تنخواه, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.
तनख़्वाह (Hindi): salary, wages
Ancestry of “तनख़्वाह”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | تنخواه | — |
| 2 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 3 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |