Where does “tarkás” come from?

tarkás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tarkás, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

Ancestry of “tarkás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniantarkás
2Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tarkás
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