Where does “егӕр” come from?

егӕр (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

егӕр (Ossetian): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “егӕр”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*Hyákr̥—
2Proto-Indo-IranianHyákr̥liver
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hyákr̥ →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥ →