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Where does “zimanmalbat” come from?

zimanmalbat (Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish ziman, from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

zimanmalbat (Kurdish): language family

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Ancestry of “zimanmalbat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishzimanlanguage; tongue
2Proto-Iranian*hijwáH—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →