Where does “پنجہ” come from?

پنجہ (Urdu) comes from Persian پنجه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

پنجہ (Urdu): claw

Definitions

  1. claw

Ancestry of “پنجہ”, step by step

پنجہ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پنجه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنجهpaw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Classical Persian پَنْجَه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianپَنْجَه
2Classical Persianپَنْج
3Proto-Iranianira-pro
4Proto-Indo-Iranianiir-pro
5Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “پنجہ

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaEvery word from Proto-Iranian -akahEvery word from Persian ـه
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