Where does “زبان” come from?

زبان (Baluchi) comes from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

زبان (Baluchi): tongue; language

Definitions

  1. tongue; language

Ancestry of “زبان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*hijwáHtongue
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH →
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