Where does “avaz” come from?

avaz (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish آواز, from Classical Persian آواز, from Middle Persian ʾwʾz, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

avaz (Serbo-Croatian): voice; news

Definitions

  1. voice; news

Ancestry of “avaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآوازvoice; sound; note, tune
2Classical Persianآواز—
3Middle Persianʾwʾzvoice, sound, tune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Middle Persian ʾwʾz →