Where does “zā̃” come from?

zā̃ (Waigali) comes from Proto-Nuristani *dzānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

zā̃ (Waigali): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “zā̃”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuristani*dzānuknee
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́nuknee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu →Every word from Proto-Nuristani *dzānu →