Where does “برگه” come from?

برگه (Persian) comes from Persian برگ, from Middle Persian wlg, from Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian warkás, from Proto-Indo-European wolko-.

برگه (Persian): sheet of paper

Definitions

  1. sheet of paper

Ancestry of “برگه”, step by step

برگه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian برگ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبرگleaf; sheet; folio
2Middle Persianwlgleaf
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwalkás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwarkásbark, leaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwolko-—

via Persian ـه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
2Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
3Proto-Iranian-kah—
4Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wolko- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian warkás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás →