Where does “जिह्वा” come from?

जिह्वा (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iźʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

जिह्वा (Sanskrit): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “जिह्वा”, step by step

जिह्वा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iźʰwáH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́iźʰwáHtongue
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Proto-Indo-Iranian iir-pro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianiir-pro—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanine-pro—

Words derived from “जिह्वा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́iźʰwáH →