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Where does “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭” come from?

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

Ancestry of “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴—
2Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣wolf
3Proto-Iranianwŕ̥kahwolf
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭”

  • Gorgan
  • گرگان
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