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Where does “hižwáHkaH” come from?

hižwáHkaH (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Iranian hižwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

hižwáHkaH (Proto-Iranian): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “hižwáHkaH”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianhižwáHtongue; language
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “hižwáHkaH”

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