Where does “لەھەڭ” come from?

لەھەڭ (Uyghur) comes from Chagatai نهنک, from Persian نهنگ, from Middle Persian 𐫗𐫍𐫗𐫃, from Proto-Iranian niθanga-, from Proto-Iranian ni-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

لەھەڭ (Uyghur): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “لەھەڭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chagataiنهنک—
2Persianنهنگcrocodile or hippopotamus; whale; Synonym: وال
3Middle Persian𐫗𐫍𐫗𐫃crocodile hippopotamus
4Proto-Iranianniθanga-—
5Proto-Iranianni-down
6Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
7Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Proto-Iranian ni- →