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Where does “blwk'” come from?

blwk' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

Ancestry of “blwk'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*HbrúHs—
2Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow

Words derived from “blwk'”

  • ابرو
  • ابرو
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