Where does “âvâz” come from?

âvâz (Khalaj) comes from Persian آواز, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

âvâz (Khalaj): voice, sound

Definitions

  1. voice, sound

Ancestry of “âvâz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianآوازvoice; sound; tune
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwā́kšspeech, voice; sound?
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš →