Sanskrit कफ

← Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬟𐬀 (cognate)

← Persian کف (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-Aryan *kapʰas (inherited)

→ Bengali কফ (learned borrowing)

→ Hindi कफ (borrowed)

→ Prakrit 𑀓𑀨 (inherited)

→ Kannada ಕಫ (borrowed)

→ Tulu ಕಫ (borrowed)