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
Ancestry of “नकाशा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | نقشه | map; plan; model |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |