Where does “afgāniete” come from?

afgāniete (Latvian) comes from Latvian afgānis, from Persian افغان, from Sogdian ʾβγʾn.

afgāniete (Latvian): a (female) Afghan, a woman from Afghanistan or of Afghan (Pashtun) descent

Definitions

  1. a (female) Afghan, a woman from Afghanistan or of Afghan (Pashtun) descent

Ancestry of “afgāniete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianafgānisa Afghan, a man from Afghanistan or of Afghan...
2PersianافغانAfghan; Pashtun; API •
3Sogdianʾβγʾn—
Every word from Sogdian ʾβγʾn →Every word from Persian افغان →Every word from Latvian afgānis →
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