Where does “*yáwah” come from?

*yáwah (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas, from Proto-Indo-European yéwos, from Proto-Indo-European yew- — to mix.

*yáwah (Proto-Iranian): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “*yáwah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianyáwasbarley; cereal, grain
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwoscereal, grain; barley, spelt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyew-to mix

Words derived from “*yáwah”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwas →