Where does “ʾwʾz” come from?

ʾwʾz (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ʾwʾz (Middle Persian): voice, sound, tune

Definitions

  1. voice, sound, tune

Ancestry of “ʾwʾz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “ʾwʾz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →