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Where does “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢” come from?

𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣, from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (Middle Persian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣wolf
2Proto-Iranianwŕ̥kahwolf
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢”

  • گرگ
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