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Where does “*ṓjan” come from?

*ṓjan (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

Ancestry of “*ṓjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
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