Where does “uzvān” come from?

uzvān (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian hižwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “uzvān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianhižwáHtongue; language
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “uzvān

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHEvery word from Proto-Iranian hižwáH