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Where does “хъуг” come from?

хъуг (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Iranian gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

хъуг (Ossetian): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “хъуг”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniangā́wš—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniangā́wšcow
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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