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Where does “domba” come from?

domba (Malay) comes from Persian دنبه, from Middle Persian dwm(b'), from Proto-Indo-European dewmbʰ- — penis, tail, rod.

domba (Malay): sheep - a woolly ruminant of the genus "Ovis";...

Definitions

  1. sheep - a woolly ruminant of the genus "Ovis";...

Ancestry of “domba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدنبهsheep's tail
2Middle Persiandwm(b')—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandewmbʰ-penis, tail, rod

Words derived from “domba”

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