Where does “پھوست” come from?

پھوست (Khowar) comes from Classical Persian پوست, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎿𐎫𐎠, from Indo-Iranian *pawástam.

پھوست (Khowar): skin, hide human or animal

Definitions

  1. skin, hide human or animal

Ancestry of “پھوست”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianپوستshell, cover; poppy-head
2Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎿𐎫𐎠—
3Indo-Iranian*pawástam—
Every word from Indo-Iranian *pawástam →Every word from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎿𐎫𐎠 →Every word from Classical Persian پوست →