Where does “wahntuhke” come from?

wahntuhke (Pohnpeian) comes from Proto-Iranian wah-.

wahntuhke (Pohnpeian): flower, fruit or vegetable to distinguish from other senses of

Definitions

  1. flower, fruit or vegetable to distinguish from other senses of

Ancestry of “wahntuhke”, step by step

wahntuhke traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Iranian wah-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianwah-

via Pohnpeian en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianen

via Pohnpeian tuhke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeiantuhke
Every word from Proto-Iranian wah-