Where does “پەنجە” come from?

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

پەنجە (Uyghur): toe

Definitions

  1. toe

Ancestry of “پەنجە”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →Every word from Proto-Iranian -akah →Every word from Persian ـه →