Where does “зоныг” come from?
зоныг (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.
зоныг (Ossetian): knee
Ancestry of “зоныг”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | ȷ́ā́nu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ā́nu | knee |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónu | knee |