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Where does “cwā́” come from?

cwā́ (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

cwā́ (Proto-Iranian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “cwā́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianćwā́dog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “cwā́”

  • sebesten
  • سِبِسْتَان
  • سگ‌پستان
  • سگ
  • sag
  • sebesten
  • ??
  • σπάκα
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