Where does “गहूँ” come from?

गहूँ (Maithili) comes from Sanskrit गोधूम, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gandʰúHmas ~ *gantúHmas.

गहूँ (Maithili): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “गहूँ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगोधूमwheat
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*gandʰúHmas ~ *gantúHmas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gandʰúHmas ~ *gantúHmas →Every word from Sanskrit गोधूम →