Where does “*hijwáH” come from?

*hijwáH (Old Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “*hijwáH”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
2Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →
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