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Where does “زبان” come from?

زبان (Classical Persian) comes from Middle Persian ŠNA, from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “زبان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle PersianŠNA—
2Proto-Iranian*hijwáH—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
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