Where does “تنکه” come from?
تنکه (Persian) comes from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
تنکه (Persian): wrestler's shorts
Ancestry of “تنکه”, step by step
تنکه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian تنک
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | تنک | thin |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ténh₂us | thin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tenh₂- | to stretch, to extend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “تنکه”