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Where does “??????” come from?

?????? (Magadhi Prakrit) comes from Sanskrit जिह्वा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iźʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “??????”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजिह्वाtongue
2Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́iźʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “??????”

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