Where does “جگەر” come from?

جگەر (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *yákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥, from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ — Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns.

جگەر (Central Kurdish): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “جگەر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*yákr̥liver
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*yákr̥liver
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyókʷr̥liver
4Proto-Indo-European-r̥Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yákr̥ →