Where does “زوان” come from?
زوان (Persian) comes from Middle Persian uzvān, from Proto-Iranian hižwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
زوان (Persian): tongue; language
Ancestry of “زوان”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | uzvān | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | hižwáH | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH | tongue |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |