Where does “ـویه” come from?

ـویه (Persian) comes from Middle Persian -ōē, from Undetermined -avya-.

ـویه (Persian): forms diminutive or affectionate form of nouns; transliterated as -ūya, -ūyah, -uya, -uyah, -ōē (Classical Persian), -uye, -uyeh (Iranian Persian), -awayh, -awaih, -uwayh (Arabized)

Definitions

  1. forms diminutive or affectionate form of nouns; transliterated as -ūya, -ūyah, -uya, -uyah, -ōē (Classical Persian), -uye, -uyeh (Iranian Persian), -awayh, -awaih, -uwayh (Arabized)

Ancestry of “ـویه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian-ōēForms diminutive or affectionate form of nouns
2Undetermined-avya-—

Words derived from “ـویه”

Every word from Undetermined -avya- →Every word from Middle Persian -ōē →