Where does “دمه” come from?

دمه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian دمه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

دمه (Ottoman Turkish): bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity

Definitions

  1. bellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity

Ancestry of “دمه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدمهbellows, a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah—
5Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →