Where does “zīg” come from?

zīg (Middle Persian) comes from Middle Persian zyh, from Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH.

Ancestry of “zīg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianzyhbowstring
2Indo-Iranian*ǰyáH—
3Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéH—

Words derived from “zīg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH →Every word from Indo-Iranian *ǰyáH →Every word from Middle Persian zyh →
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