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Where does “tyšnk'” come from?

tyšnk' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥s-nó-s, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Ancestry of “tyšnk'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniantŕ̥šnakah—
2Proto-Iraniantŕ̥šnahthirst
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥s-nó-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tyšnk'”

  • تشنه
  • تشنہ
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