Where does “शफ” come from?

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

शफ (Sanskrit): hoof; claw; a wooden implement shaped like a claw

Definitions

  1. hoof; claw; a wooden implement shaped like a claw

Ancestry of “शफ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianćapʰáshoof
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱoph₂óshoof
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱoph₂ós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćapʰás →