Where does “پنجه” come from?
پنجه (Persian) comes from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
پنجه (Persian): paw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs
Definitions
- paw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs
Ancestry of “پنجه”, step by step
پنجه 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 پنج
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | پنج | five |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
Words derived from “پنجه”