Where does “مورچہ” come from?

مورچہ (Urdu) comes from Persian مورچه, from Pahlavi pal, from Proto-Iranian tatr̥wáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tatr̥wás, from Proto-Indo-European tetr̥-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

مورچہ (Urdu): trench

Definitions

  1. trench

Ancestry of “مورچہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمورچهant
2Pahlavipal—
3Proto-Iraniantatr̥wáhpheasant
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantatr̥wás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetr̥-wó-s—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetr̥-wó-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tatr̥wás →