Where does “саг” come from?

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

саг (Tajik): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “саг”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسگdog
2Proto-Iraniancwā́dog
3Proto-Indo-Iranianćwā́dog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćwā́ →Every word from Proto-Iranian cwā́ →