Where does “*tafšcáti” come from?
*tafšcáti (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tapsćáti, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.
Ancestry of “*tafšcáti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *tapsćáti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |