Where does “маргъ” come from?

маргъ (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás — a forest animal.

маргъ (Ossetian): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “маргъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*mr̥gáhhen, bird
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥gása forest animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh →