Where does “تف” come from?

تف (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

تف (Persian): spittle; flame, heat, warmth

Definitions

  1. spittle; flame, heat, warmth

Ancestry of “تف”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw-