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Where does “mʾhyk'” come from?

mʾhyk' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mátsyas — fish.

Ancestry of “mʾhyk'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianmácyah—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmátsyasfish

Words derived from “mʾhyk'”

  • माही
  • ماهی
  • ماهیتابه
  • ماہی
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