Where does “heval” come from?

heval (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian ham-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

heval (Northern Kurdish): friend; comrade

Definitions

  1. friend; comrade

Ancestry of “heval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianham-together, joint, paired
2Proto-Indo-Iraniansam-together, joint, paired
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “heval”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam- →Every word from Proto-Iranian ham- →
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