Where does “ماشک” come from?

ماشک (Persian) comes from Persian ـک, from Middle Persian 𐭪.

ماشک (Persian): vetch (Vicia gen. et spp.)

Definitions

  1. vetch (Vicia gen. et spp.)

Ancestry of “ماشک”, step by step

ماشک traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـک

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـکdiminutive suffix
2Middle Persian𐭪—

via Persian ماش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianماشmung bean and mungo bean "Vigna mungo", ماش سیاه
2Sanskritमाषany Old World bean; urad
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭪 →Every word from Persian ـک →