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Where does “cafáh” come from?

cafáh (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćapʰás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós — hoof.

Ancestry of “cafáh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianćapʰáshoof
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof

Words derived from “cafáh”

  • 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀
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