Where does “tavehîv” come from?

tavehîv (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish tav, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

tavehîv (Northern Kurdish): moonlight

Definitions

  1. moonlight

Ancestry of “tavehîv”, step by step

tavehîv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Northern Kurdish tav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishtavsunshine, sun, sunlight
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantāpásheat
3Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

via Northern Kurdish hîv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishhîvmoon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás →Every word from Northern Kurdish tav →