Where does “peo” come from?
peo (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian ira-pro, from Proto-Indo-Iranian iir-pro, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
Ancestry of “peo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | ira-pro | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | iir-pro | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |