Where does “همزبان” come from?

همزبان (Persian) comes from Persian زبان, from Middle Persian ŠNA, from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

همزبان (Persian): speaker of the same language

Definitions

  1. speaker of the same language

Ancestry of “همزبان”, step by step

همزبان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زبان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزبانtongue; language
2Middle PersianŠNA—
3Proto-Iranian*hijwáHtongue
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
5Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Persian هم‌ـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهم‌ـ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH →