Where does “تشنگی” come from?

تشنگی (Persian) comes from Persian تشنه, from Middle Persian tyšnk', from Proto-Iranian tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥s-nó-s, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

تشنگی (Persian): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “تشنگی”, step by step

تشنگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian تشنه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتشنهthirsty
2Middle Persiantyšnk'—
3Proto-Iraniantŕ̥šnakah—
4Proto-Iraniantŕ̥šnahthirst
5Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥s-nó-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Persian ـگی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥s-nó-s →Every word from Proto-Iranian tŕ̥šnah →