Where does “marmasî” come from?

marmasî (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish masî, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mátsyas — fish.

marmasî (Kurdish): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “marmasî”, step by step

marmasî traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish masî

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishmasîfish
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmátsyasfish

via Northern Kurdish mar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishmarsnake; marriage
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mátsyas →Every word from Northern Kurdish masî →
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