Etymology Explorer
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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Iranian
mácyah
—
2
Proto-Indo-Iranian
mátsyas
fish
Words derived from “mʾhyk'”
ماهی
ماہی
माही
ماهیتابه
моҳӣ
شاهماهی
سیاهماهی
مارماهی
ماهی آزاد
ماهیفروش
گربهماهی
моҳишинос
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