Where does “बर्फ़ी” come from?

बर्फ़ी (Hindi) comes from Persian برفی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

बर्फ़ी (Hindi): barfi; any sweet

Definitions

barfi; any sweet

Ancestry of “बर्फ़ी”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Persian	برفی	snowy
2	Persian	ـی	Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3	Middle Persian	-yk'	—
4	Old Persian	-𐎡𐎣	of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	-kas	Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Middle Persian -yk' →Every word from Persian ـی →