Where does “کاو” come from?

کاو (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- — to swell; to be strong.

کاو (Persian): concave, hollow

Definitions

  1. concave, hollow

Ancestry of “کاو”, step by step

کاو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewh₁-to swell; to be strong

via Persian کاویدن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکاویدن—

Words derived from “کاو”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewh₁- →