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
Ancestry of “ʾwʾz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “ʾwʾz”