Where does “زوان” come from?

زوان (Laki) comes from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

زوان (Laki): tongue; language

Definitions

  1. tongue; language

Ancestry of “زوان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*hijwáHtongue
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 *hijwáH →