Where does “ئێوە” come from?
ئێوە (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian wah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian was, from Proto-Indo-European wōs.
ئێوە (Central Kurdish): you
Ancestry of “ئێوە”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | wah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | was | accusative/genitive/dative plural of *túH |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wōs | — |