Where does “خونخوار” come from?

خونخوار (Persian) comes from Persian خون, from Proto-Iranian *wahūnī.

خونخوار (Persian): blood-sucking

Definitions

  1. blood-sucking

Ancestry of “خونخوار”, step by step

خونخوار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخونblood
2Proto-Iranian*wahūnī—

via Persian خوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخوارeasy; mean, abject; present stem form of خواردن
2Middle Persianhw'l—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wahūnī →Every word from Persian خون →