Where does “sjakal” come from?
sjakal (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Persian شغال, from Persian شگال, from Pahlavi 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮, from Sanskrit सृगाल, from Proto-Indo-European *śr̥gālás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćárguš, from Proto-Indo-European ḱérg-ús ~ ḱr̥g-éws.
sjakal (Norwegian Nynorsk): a jackal
Ancestry of “sjakal”, step by step