Where does “جۆ” come from?

جۆ (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *yáwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas, from Proto-Indo-European yéwos, from Proto-Indo-European yew- — to mix.

جۆ (Central Kurdish): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “جۆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*yáwahbarley
2Proto-Indo-Iranianyáwasbarley; cereal, grain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas →
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