Where does “ziman” come from?

ziman (Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian hižwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

ziman (Kurdish): language; tongue

Definitions

  1. language; tongue

Ancestry of “ziman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianhižwáHtongue; language
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →Every word from Proto-Iranian hižwáH →