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Where does “𐭬𐭢𐭥” come from?

𐭬𐭢𐭥 (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁, from Proto-Iranian magúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-ú-s, from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- — to be able.

Ancestry of “𐭬𐭢𐭥”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
2Proto-Iranianmagúš—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- →