Where does “नकाशा” come from?

नकाशा (Marathi) comes from Persian نقشه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

नकाशा (Marathi): map

Definitions

  1. map

Ancestry of “नकाशा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنقشهmap; plan; model
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah—
5Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →