Where does “mezinahî” come from?

mezinahî (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish mezin, from Proto-Iranian majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

mezinahî (Northern Kurdish): size

Definitions

  1. size

Ancestry of “mezinahî”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishmezinbig
2Proto-Iranianmajā́—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmaȷ́ʰā́big, great
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ →Every word from Proto-Iranian majā́ →