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Where does “zlgwn'” come from?

zlgwn' (Pahlavi) comes from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

Ancestry of “zlgwn'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianjr̥Hanyamgold
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰr̥Hanyamgold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃enyom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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