Where does “xwê” come from?

xwê (Kurdish) comes from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

xwê (Kurdish): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “xwê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus →