Where does “zerri” come from?

zerri (Zazaki) comes from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

zerri (Zazaki): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “zerri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jr̥dáyamheart
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰŕ̥dayamheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam →