Where does “ਕਮਰ” come from?

ਕਮਰ (Punjabi) comes from Classical Persian کمر, from Pahlavi kamar, from Proto-Indo-European ḱam- — part of a harness; cover, clothes.

ਕਮਰ (Punjabi): waist, middle, loins, lumbar

Definitions

  1. waist, middle, loins, lumbar

Ancestry of “ਕਮਰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianکمر—
2Pahlavikamar—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱam-part of a harness; cover, clothes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱam- →Every word from Pahlavi kamar →Every word from Classical Persian کمر →