Where does “لێو” come from?

لێو (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian lap-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian lap-, from Proto-Indo-European leb- — to hang down loosely; lip; lick.

لێو (Central Kurdish): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “لێو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianlap-—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianlap-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleb-to hang down loosely; lip; lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leb- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian lap- →Every word from Proto-Iranian lap- →