Where does “پنجه” come from?
پنجه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پنجه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
Ancestry of “پنجه”, step by step
پنجه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پنجه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | پنجه | paw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Classical Persian پَنْجَه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | پَنْجَه | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | پَنْج | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | ira-pro | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | iir-pro | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |