Where does “زر” come from?

زر (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

زر (Central Kurdish): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “زر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jā́rdheart
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰā́rdheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd →