Where does “dil” come from?

dil (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian دل, from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

dil (Azerbaijani): tongue; language; spit

Definitions

  1. tongue; language; spit

Ancestry of “dil”, step by step

dil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian دل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدلheart; mind; courage
2Proto-Iranian*jā́rdheart
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰā́rdheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Proto-Turkic til

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkictiltongue; cut

Words derived from “dil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd →
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