Where does “قومی زبان” come from?

قومی زبان (Urdu) comes from Urdu زبان, from Classical Persian زبان, from Middle Persian ŠNA, from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

قومی زبان (Urdu): a national language

Definitions

  1. a national language

Ancestry of “قومی زبان”, step by step

قومی زبان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urdu زبان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduزبانtongue; language
2Classical Persianزبان—
3Middle PersianŠNA—
4Proto-Iranian*hijwáHtongue
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHtongue
6Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Urdu قومی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduقومیnational
2Urduقومnation
3Arabicقَوْمpeople
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH →Every word from Proto-Iranian *hijwáH →