Where does “زرد” come from?

زرد (Baluchi) comes from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

زرد (Baluchi): heart; conscience; yellow

Definitions

  1. heart; conscience; yellow

Ancestry of “زرد”, step by step

زرد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Iranian *jā́rd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jā́rdheart
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰā́rdheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd →